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The slide rule
Charles N. Pickworth
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THE SLIDE RULE: A PRACTICAL MANUAL
PREFACE TO THE SEVENTEENTH EDITION.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTORY.
THE MATHEMATICAL PRINCIPLE OF THE SLIDE RULE.
NOTATION BY POWERS OF 10.
THE MECHANICAL PRINCIPLE OF THE SLIDE RULE.
THE PRIMITIVE SLIDE RULE.
THE MODERN SLIDE RULE.
THE NOTATION OF THE SLIDE RULE.
THE CURSOR OR RUNNER.
Chapter 12
MULTIPLICATION.
DIVISION.
THE USE OF THE UPPER SCALES FOR MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION.
RECIPROCALS.
CONTINUED MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION.
MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION WITH THE SLIDE INVERTED.
CUBES AND CUBE ROOTS.
POWERS AND ROOTS BY LOGARITHMS.
Strength of Shafting.
Miscellaneous Calculations.
TRIGONOMETRICAL APPLICATIONS
THE SOLUTION OF RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANGLES.
LONG-SCALE SLIDE RULES
Chapter 26
THE ACCURACY OF SLIDE RULE RESULTS.
SPECIFIC GRAVITY AND WEIGHT OF MATERIALS.
THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE