Title :
Useful Instruction for Practical People: Early Printed Discussions of the Slide Rule in the US
Author :
Kidwell, Peggy Aldrich
Author_Institution :
Smithsonian Institution
Abstract :
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.
Keywords :
History; Instruments; Mathematics; Measurement; Volume measurement; 18th century mathematics; early 19th century mathematics; history of computing; manufacturing; slide rule;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2015.17
