66 Rare Old Books on Slide Rules mathematics measurement mensuration calculators engineering science logarithms - Instant PDF Download

THE SLIDE RULE & MENSURATION COLLECTION

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The Digital Library is proud to present this stunning virtual archive of 66 rare, vintage and hard-to-find books and documents compiled together for the first time in one unique virtual library covering all aspects of the SLIDE RULE & MENSURATION.

Having been invented in the 17th century the slide rule has served the world of science and engineering as the most powerful tool available for performing mathematical computations for around 400 years. This stunning collection of vintage literature explores the origins, history, theory, practice and principles behind this calculating device. Also included are several works on mensuration and the area of mathematics which deals with measurement and geometry. Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material. Overall, an absolute must for anyone with an interest in the history and principles of the slide rule as well as the theory and practice of mathematical measurement. The full list of titles included speaks for itself….

Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard to find and will provide a valuable library of reference material.

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*** Full List of Books Included ***

20th century machine shop practice; arithmetic, practical geometry, mensuration, applied mechanics, properties of steam, etc. - L. E. Brookes (1915)

A Key to the Modern Sliding-rule - W. Flower (1768)

A practical application of the principles of geometry to the mensuration of superficies and solids - J. Day (1848)

A Programmed Sequence on the Slide Rule - E. Roberts (1898)

A slide rule for radiation calculations - M. Makowski (1921)

A treatise on a box of instruments and the slide-rule for the use of gaugers, engineering, seamen, and students - T. Kentish (1872)

A treatise on arithmetic - J. Brookes (1776)

A Treatise on Gunter's Scale, and the Sliding Rule - G. Curtis (1824)

A treatise on mathematical instruments - J. F. Heather (1856)

A treatise on practical mensuration - A. Nesbitt (1859)

An elementary treatise on mensuration and practical geometry, together with numerous problems of practical importance in mechanics - W. Vogdes (1862)

An introduction to mensuration and practical geometry - J. Bonnycastle (1798)

Calculating companion for the slide rule - J. L. Rowland (1855)

Circular slide rule for calculating wood moisture content - M. A. Taras (1921)

Coggeshal's sliding rule, the description and use of the sliding rule - H. Coggleshall (1774)

Das rechnen in der technik und seine hilfsmittel, rechenschieber, rechentafeln, rechenmaschinen usw - J. E. Mayer (1908)

Department store statistics with the aid of the slide rule - R. B. Schreffler (1914)

Elements of drawing and mensuration applied to the mechanic arts - C. Davies (1846)

Elements of geometry; with practical applications to mensuration - B. Greenleaf (1898)

Geometrical and graphical essays, containing a general description of the mathematical instruments used in geometry, civil and military surveying, levelling, and perspective - G. Adams (1803)

Handbook of the 'double' slide rule, shewing its applicability to navigation - W. H. Bayley (1864)

Hand-book of the slide-rule - W. H. Bayley (1876)

Hawney's Complete measurer, or, The whole art of measuring - W. Hawney (1813)

Instructions for the use of the slide-rule - J. Ewart (1847)

Instrumental Calculation Or a Treatise on the Sliding Rule - T. H. McLeod (1846)

John Napier and the invention of logarithms, 1614 - E. W. Hobson (1914)

Mannheim and multiplex slide rules; theory and practical application - L. W. Rosenthal (1905)

Measurement and mechanics - J. Satterly (1913)

Measuring Made Easy, or Description & Use of Coggeshall's Slide Rule - J. Good (1744)

Measuring made easy, or, The description and use of Coggeshall's sliding rule - J. Good (1786)

Mensuration and practical geometry ... To which is appended a treatise on the carpenter's slide-rule and gauging - C. H. Haswell (1863)

Mensuration, mechanical powers and machinery - D. Adams (1850)

Modern instruments and methods of calculation - E. M. Horsburgh (1914)

Notes On The History Of The Slide Rule - F. Cajori (1908 - article)

On the history of Gunter's scale and the slide rule during the seventeenth century - F. Cajori (1920)

Operating Instructions. The Reed Electronic Engineer's Slide Rule - J. G. Reed (1898)

Pickett All-Metal Slide Rules Catalogue (1912)

Pickett Slide Rules, Scientific & Educational Equipment Pocket Catalog (1908)

Practical mathematics, with drawing and mensuration, applied to the mechanic arts - C. Davies (1875)

Practical mensuration - C. A. Fleming (1902)

Rodgers' mensuration. Elements of mensuration - M. H. Rodgers (1862)

Rudimentary treatise on mensuration - T. Baker (1859)

Slide-rule instructor, for instruction on Chadwick's improved slide rule, containing new and important rules upon the present practice of engineering, etc. - J. Chadwick (1893)

Slide-rule notes, with diagrams - H. C. Dunlop (1913)

Practical mensuration - C. A. Fleming (1902)

Rodgers' mensuration. Elements of mensuration - M. H. Rodgers (1862)

Rudimentary treatise on mensuration - T. Baker (1859)

Slide-rule instructor, for instruction on Chadwick's improved slide rule, containing new and important rules upon the present practice of engineering, etc. - J. Chadwick (1893)

Slide-rule notes, with diagrams - H. C. Dunlop (1913)

Solution of railroad problems by the slide rule - E. R. Carey (1913)

Stereometry Or, The Art of Gauging Made Easie, by the Help of the Sliding-rule - T. Everard (1721)

Thacher's calculating instrument or cylinderical slide-rule - E. Thacher (1884)

The 50 Centimetre Slide-rule as Applied to Tacheometry and Curve - T. G. Gribble (1911)

The Braille Slide Rule A Teachers' and Students' Guide to the Use of the Braille Slide Rule - R. L. Montgomery (1921)

The compendious measurer; being a brief, yet comprehensive, treatise on mensuration and practical geometry - C. Hutton (1807)

The complete slide rule instructor - W. Patten (1858)

The Description and Use of the Sliding Rule, in Arithmetic - A. Mackay (1811)

The linen manufacturer, weaver, and warper's assistant ... with a description of the sliding rule, and the application of it to the art of weaving - A. Peddie (1822)

The Mannheim and polyphase slide rules; complete manual with tables of settings, equivalents and gauge points - W. E. Breckenridge (1922)

The Mannheim slide rule; complete manual with tables of settings, equivalents and gauge points - W. Cox (1909)

The mechanic's assistant - a thorough practical treatise on mensuration and the sliding rule - D. M. Knapen (1849)

The Slide Rule and How to Use It - C. Hoare (1896)

The slide rule; a practical manual - C. N. Pickworth (1908)

The stereometricon - measurement of all solids by one and the same rule - C. Baillairge (1881)

The use of the slide rule - A. R. Cullimore (1920)

Treatise on the art of measuring - J. Ryan (1831)

Treatise on the circular, multi-index, spiral slide rule - T. Dixon (1881)

William Oughtred, a great seventeenth-century teacher of mathematics - F. Cajori (1916)



An absolute must for anyone with an interest in the slide rule, mathematics and the theory, principles and practice of mensuration – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!


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