Slide Rules

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    Volumes

    1. Vol 1 The Story of the Slide Rule — Volume 1 — Logarithms and the First Scales How a number trick of 1614 became a sliding instrument by 1622
    2. Vol 2 The Story of the Slide Rule — Volume 2 — Specialized Rules and the Mannheim Standard How the slide rule served the trades for two centuries before an artillery officer made it universal
    3. Vol 3 The Story of the Slide Rule — Volume 3 — The Golden Age and the Makers How the duplex rule and log-log scales turned a tradesman's tool into the engineer's universal instrument (c. 1850–1970)
    4. Vol 4 The Story of the Slide Rule — Volume 4 — Round and Cylindrical: The Pursuit of Precision How curving the scale bought a fourth and fifth significant figure
    5. Vol 5 The Story of the Slide Rule — Volume 5 — Decline and Legacy From the peak of the engineer's age to the chip that ended it — and what the slide rule left behind

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