HPR2166: How to use a Slide Rule

How to use a Slide Rule

In my show 1664, “Life and Times of a Geek part 1”, I spoke about using a slide rule as a schoolboy. As a consequence, I was asked if I would do a show on slide rules, and this is it (after a rather long delay).

Long notes

I have written out a moderately long set of notes for this episode and these are available here https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2166/full_shownotes.html.

Links

• HPR show “Life and Times of a Geek part 1”: https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1664
• Wikipedia article on the slide rule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule
• International Slide Rule Museum: https://sliderulemuseum.com/SR_Course.htm
• Wikipedia article on the Logarithm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithm
• Wikipedia article on the Mathematical table: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_table
• wikiHow article on how to use a Logarithm Table: https://www.wikihow.com/Use-Logarithmic-Tables
• Wikipedia article on John Napier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Napier
• Wikipedia article on Merchiston Tower: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchiston_Tower
• Wikipedia article on Edinburgh Napier University: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Napier_University
• The Faber Castell 1/60/360:
  • Example 1
  • Example 2
  • Example 3
  • Example 4

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