Slide Rules: A Primer

Posted by adam on Nov 1, 2008 in Blog, Tutorials | 0 comments

I’m a tool guy. I love tools of all sorts, be they software, hardware, shop tools, hand tools, or drafting tables. But I hold a special place in my heart for old tools, particularly those that performed a function in a simple and elegant way long-since forgotten in lieu of high technology. The slide rule is one such tool. My grandfather was a mechanical engineer and statistician, and a...