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What is a slide rule?
Now you are making me feel old!
The slide rule was an analog computing device that was used extensively prior to the creation of the digital calculator. When I started engineering school, I had to...
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Who invented the slide rule?
The slide rule was invented during the period of 1620-1650 by William Oughtred, based on the earlier invention of the Gunter scale by Edmund Gunter. The original slide rule is said to have been...
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How do you use a slide rule?
the slide rule, also known colloquially as a slipstick,is a mechanical analog computer. The slide rule is used primarily for multiplication and division, and also for "scientific" functions such as...
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Why do you not use a a slide rule anymore?
The reason most people do not use slide rules is that pocket calculators are just as fast, intuitively more obvious, and more accurate. Nonetheless, actually, I do use a slide rule. But I only do...
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Why don't you use a slide rule?
Most people don't use slide rules because pocket calculators are easier to use without special training, have more functionality, are less expensive, and are more accurate.But I still use a slide...