Useful Instruction for Practical People: Early Printed Discussions of the Slide Rule in the US

Autor: Peggy Aldrich Kidwell
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 37:36-43
ISSN: 1934-1547
1058-6180
Popis: Printed accounts of the appearance and use of various forms of slide rule appear in a variety of 18th and early 19th American printed sources. Based largely on British work, these texts reveal both confidence in the practical potential of the instrument and the slow diffusion of the device.
Databáze: OpenAIRE