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slide rule N

suwak m logarytmiczny

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It is a predecessor of the slide rule, a calculating aid used from the 17th century until the 1970s. en.wikipedia.org

More expensive versions have a built-in slide rule on the back. en.wikipedia.org

The six-month curriculum combined theory and hands-on practice, with the students as familiar with a slide rule as with a soldering iron. en.wikipedia.org

This led engineers to take mathematical shortcuts favoring operations that were easy on a slide rule, creating inaccuracies and mistakes. en.wikipedia.org

The front side of the flight computer is a logarithmic slide rule that performs multiplication and division. en.wikipedia.org

The slide rule in its holder strapped on the belt was a standard part of students uniform of the day. en.wikipedia.org

This is higher precision than a slide rule or most analog computers. en.wikipedia.org

As order of magnitude gets the greatest prominence when using a slide rule, users are less likely to make errors of false precision. en.wikipedia.org

Aviation remains one of the few places that the slide rule still is in widespread use. en.wikipedia.org

Mil dots are used like a slide rule to measure the height of a target, and if the height is known, the range can be as well. en.wikipedia.org

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