In the grand scheme of things, it really wasn’t all that long ago that a slide rule was part of an engineer’s every day equipment. Long before electronic calculators came along, a couple of sticks of ...

Before there were apps for tablets and smartphones, before mathematics education software was easily installed on personal computers, before electronic calculators entered professional practice and ...

An early computing device invented by Reverend William Oughtred in London in the 17th century. Primarily for multiplication and division, the slide rule has two stationary sets and one sliding set of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the 17th century, the British ...

The book and subsequent film Moneyball tell the story of Billy Beane, the general manager of Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics. To compete against richer teams such as the New York Yankees and ...

MESSRS. JOHN DAVIS AND SON, of Derby, the A well known instrument makers, are bringing out a variation of the slide rule which is likely to. increase its value for certain classes of calculation ...