Monday, November 23, 2009

Slide Rule

Slide Rule
  • Made-up by William Ought red(1574-1660), an English Mathematician in 1620.
  • An analog device used the principle of logarithms.
  • Could perform simple multiplication and division problems.
  • Consist of 2 graduated scales, devised in such a way that suitable alignment of one against othermakes it possible to obtain products, quotients etc.

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