DocumentCode
1760660
Title
Useful Instruction for Practical People: Early Printed Discussions of the Slide Rule in the US
Author
Kidwell, Peggy Aldrich
Author_Institution
Smithsonian Institution
Volume
37
Issue
1
fYear
2015
fDate
Jan.-Mar. 2015
Firstpage
36
Lastpage
43
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MAHC.2015.17
Filename
7057619
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