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    Instruction for Using a Slide Rule
    Instruction for Using a Slide Rule
    Instruction for Using a Slide Rule
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    Instruction for Using a Slide Rule

    By W. Stanley

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      Instruction for Using a Slide Rule - W. Stanley

      Project Gutenberg's Instruction for Using a Slide Rule, by W. Stanley

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

      almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or

      re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included

      with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

      Title: Instruction for Using a Slide Rule

      Author: W. Stanley

      Release Date: December 29, 2006 [EBook #20214]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK INSTRUCTION FOR USING A SLIDE RULE ***

      Produced by Don Kostuch

      [Transcriber's Notes]

      Conventional mathematical notation requires specialized fonts and

      typesetting conventions. I have adopted modern computer programming

      notation using only ASCII characters. The square root of 9 is thus

      rendered as square_root(9) and the square of 9 is square(9).

      10 divided by 5 is (10/5) and 10 multiplied by 5 is (10 * 5 ).

      The DOC file and TXT files otherwise closely approximate the original

      text. There are two versions of the HTML files, one closely

      approximating the original, and a second with images of the slide rule

      settings for each example.

      By the time I finished engineering school in 1963, the slide rule was a

      well worn tool of my trade. I did not use an electronic calculator for

      another ten years. Consider that my predecessors had little else to

      use--think Boulder Dam (with all its electrical, mechanical and

      construction calculations).

      Rather than dealing with elaborate rules for positioning the decimal

      point, I was taught to first scale the factors and deal with the

      decimal position separately. For example:

      1230 * .000093 =

      1.23E3 * 9.3E-5 

      1.23E3 means multiply 1.23 by 10 to the power 3.

      9.3E-5 means multiply 9.3 by 0.1 to the power 5 or 10 to the power -5.

      The computation is thus

      1.23 * 9.3 * 1E3 * 1E-5

      The exponents are simply added.

      1.23 *  9.3 * 1E-2 =

      11.4 * 1E-2 =

      .114

      When taking roots, divide the exponent by the root.

      The square root of 1E6 is 1E3

      The cube root of 1E12 is 1E4.

      When taking powers, multiply the exponent by the power.

      The cube of 1E5 is 1E15.

      [End Transcriber's Notes]

      INSTRUCTIONS

      for using a

      SLIDE

      RULE

      SAVE TIME!

      DO THE FOLLOWING INSTANTLY WITHOUT PAPER AND PENCIL

      MULTIPLICATION

      DIVISION

      RECIPROCAL VALUES

      SQUARES & CUBES

      EXTRACTION OF SQUARE ROOT

      EXTRACTION OF CUBE ROOT

      DIAMETER OR AREA OF CIRCLE

      INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING A SLIDE RULE

      The slide rule is a device for easily and quickly multiplying, dividing

      and extracting square root and cube root. It will also perform any

      combination of these processes. On this account, it is found extremely

      useful by students and teachers in schools and colleges, by engineers,

      architects, draftsmen, surveyors, chemists, and many others. Accountants

      and clerks find it very helpful when approximate calculations must be

      made rapidly. The operation of a slide rule is extremely easy, and it is

      well worth while for anyone who is called upon to do much numerical

      calculation to learn to use one. It is the purpose of this manual to

      explain the operation in such a way that a person who has never before

      used a slide rule may teach himself to do so.

      DESCRIPTION OF SLIDE RULE

      The slide rule consists of three parts (see figure 1). B is the body of

      the rule and carries three scales marked A, D and K. S is the slider

      which moves relative to the body and also carries three scales marked B,

      CI and C. R is the runner or indicator and is marked in the center with

      a hair-line. The scales A and B are identical and are used in problems

      involving square root. Scales C and D are also identical and are used

      for multiplication and division. Scale K is for finding cube root. Scale

      CI, or C-inverse, is like scale C except that it is laid off from right

      to left instead of from left to right. It is useful in problems

      involving reciprocals.

      MULTIPLICATION

      We will start with a very simple example:

      Example 1:  2 * 3 = 6

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