Re: [REQ] slide rule
In article <slg...@corp.supernews.com>, "Andrew Nikitin" <nsg...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello All. > > Could anybody please show me how to draw slide rule (still remember those > things?) or circular slide rule? > The best I could come up with was > > +----------------------------------------+ > | 1'9'8'7""6""5"""4""""3""""""2'''''''''1| > +-------+----------------------------------------+ > > | 1'''''''''2""""""3""""4"""5""6""7'8'9'1| > +-------+----------------------------------------+ > | 1'''''''''2""""""3""""4"""5""6""7'8'9'1| > +----------------------------------------+ > > and I do not like it much. > > Thank you. > Andrew Nikitin. > > Andrew My old slide rule is different to yours, the compressed bits are all on the right hand side. The scale compression is logarithmic, 2 is at 0.3010 of the scale length, 5 is at 0.6990 etc. You can find these values using a scientific calculator or by reference to Logarithm Tables!. Good luck George Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
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