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Anyone have tips on learning to use a side rule?
by nanna 5y ago
Anyone have tips on learning to use a side rule?
- pkaye 5y agoThis seems to be a good tutorial. https://sliderulemuseum.com/SR_Course.htm https://sliderulemuseum.com/SR_Course.htm
- argiopetech 5y agoI recommend Asimov's (yes, that Asimov) book, "An Easy Introduction to the Slide Rule." I was lucky to pick up a physical copy as a young man, but it appears it's available as a PDF online.
- nanna 4y agoWhat a lovely recommendation. Thank you!
- ghaff 5y agoThe references others have given look pretty decent. It's not hard to do most stuff you likely have any real need to do. The main thing if you're used to calculators is that you have to handle exponents manually (in your head or on paper), your precision is limited, and you'll still need to do addition/subtraction in some other way.
- I_complete_me 5y agoVirtual sliderules may help. See https://www.sliderules.org/ https://www.sliderules.org/;