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Nomogram

• sxp 12y ago
  I'm a fan of the Project Rho page on Nomograms which has detailed examples of nomograms for spaceflight: http://www.projectrho.com/nomogram/index.html http://www.projectrho.com/nomogram/index.html The site also had a bunch of interesting information on analog computing in the context of spaceflight:http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/astrodeck.php http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/astrodeck.php
• TeMPOraL 12y ago
  This is awesome. Now I'm adding to my TODO list to figure out what kind of calculations I tend to do often (things like intrest rates), and design&print nomograms for them.
• wtbob 12y ago
  I use one for homebrewing: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/books-media/software/beer-recipe-calculator.html http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/books-media/software/beer... It's a great technique. Faster than a calculator or computer program, and satisfyingly physical too.
  • greenyoda 12y ago
    The device in that picture has movable scales, so it's really a slide rule[1], not a nomogram. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule
• jaidev 12y ago
  I recommend looking at the Pynomo package, which also has some great examples: http://pynomo.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page http://pynomo.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
• jacobolus 12y ago
  This is nice: http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/JournalArticle/The_Lost_Art_of_Nomography.pdf http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Journal...
• abhgh 12y ago
  Nomograms were one of my favorite topics during undergrad (engg)!