1. Mathematical Tables1916 - Engineering - 186 pages |
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... Slide Rule .. 94 The Catenary . Computing Machines . 97 Other Useful Curves .. PAGE 138 140 144 147 151 Financial Arithmetic .. 98 DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL GEOMETRY AND MENSURATION CALCULUS Geometrical Theorems . 99 Geometrical ...
... Slide Rule .. 94 The Catenary . Computing Machines . 97 Other Useful Curves .. PAGE 138 140 144 147 151 Financial Arithmetic .. 98 DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL GEOMETRY AND MENSURATION CALCULUS Geometrical Theorems . 99 Geometrical ...
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... slide rule or a computing machine is used ) . The mental process for determining the decimal point is as follows : ( a ) If the multiplier is a number like 3.1416 , with only one figure preceding the decimal point , think of this number ...
... slide rule or a computing machine is used ) . The mental process for determining the decimal point is as follows : ( a ) If the multiplier is a number like 3.1416 , with only one figure preceding the decimal point , think of this number ...
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... slide rule may be used ) . - NOTE . The simplest way to obtain any root of a seven - figure number correct to seven figures is to use a seven - place table of logarithms , if such a table is at hand . Square Roots of 1 ± x when x is ...
... slide rule may be used ) . - NOTE . The simplest way to obtain any root of a seven - figure number correct to seven figures is to use a seven - place table of logarithms , if such a table is at hand . Square Roots of 1 ± x when x is ...
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... SLIDE RULE The slide rule is an indispensable aid in all problems in multiplication , division , proportion , squares , square roots , etc. , in which a limited degree of accuracy is sufficient . The ordinary 10 - in . Mannheim rule ...
... SLIDE RULE The slide rule is an indispensable aid in all problems in multiplication , division , proportion , squares , square roots , etc. , in which a limited degree of accuracy is sufficient . The ordinary 10 - in . Mannheim rule ...
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... slide opposite this point 4 , and run the eye forward along the slide from 1 to 6 ; the point thus reached on the fixed scale is 24 , which is equal to 4 × 6. This process gives the distance from 1 to 4 plus the distance from 1 to 6 ...
... slide opposite this point 4 , and run the eye forward along the slide from 1 to 6 ; the point thus reached on the fixed scale is 24 , which is equal to 4 × 6. This process gives the distance from 1 to 4 plus the distance from 1 to 6 ...
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9 Avg angle asymptotes axes axis binomial coefficients bisects body of table chord coefficients COMMON LOGARITHMS computation correct to four corresponding cosh Cosines Cotangents CUBE ROOTS CUBE ROOTS continued curvature curve cx² decimal point denoted diam diameter diff differential distance divide draw ellipse equal equivalent to moving Explanation of Table formula four figures fraction gram hyperbolic kilogram length logarithms loge machine meters Method moving it THREE Moving the decimal multiplication nth root parabola parallel perpendicular place in body plane plot point ONE place quantities radian radical axis radius requires moving scale segment Simultaneous Equations Sines sinh slide rule Solution specific gravity spherical SQUARE ROOTS straight line subtracting table gives tangent tanh triangle TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS unit variable vector VN N VN Volume x-axis y₁ zero