Slide Rules: Their History, Models, and Makers

ISBN-13: 9781879335868 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 312 str.

Peter M. Hopp

Opis

In the hopes of preserving these delightful devices for future generations, this collector of slide rules covers everything one could possibly want to know about this crude form of analog computer: from its invention in the 17th century to manufacturers- retailers, 1850-1998, and the Oughtred Soci