Calculation and computation in the pre-electronic era: the mechanical and electrical ages
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
...............................................
1
1.1 TOPIC,
PERIOD,
AND
ARGUMENT
...............................
1
1.2 THEORETICAL
FRAMEWORK
...................................
2
1.3 LINE
OF
ARGUMENTATION
....................................
3
1.4 STRATEGY REGARDING
PRIMARY
SOURCES
.........................
4
REFERENCES
.................................................
5
THE DELIGHTS
OF
THE
SLIDE RULE
..............................
7
2.1 INTRODUCTION
............................................
7
2.2
NO DEVICE
HAS BEEN
OF
GREATER GENERAL INTEREST
.............
8
2.3
A MACHINE
FOR
PUTTING LOGARITHMS
TO
WORK
..................
12
2.4
A VERY
INGENIOUS INSTRUMENT
.............................
18
2.5 HIGH-SPEED
SCALES
.....................................
19
2.6 THE HABIT
OF
ATTEMPTING THAT `FICTICIOUS
ACCURACY ........... 22
2.7 THE POOR
MAN S CALCULATOR
...............................
25
2.8 AS WELL
AS
THE
PIANIST KNOWS HIS
KEYBOARD
.................
27
2.9 UNFAIR
TO
COMPARE
.....................................
30
2.10 CONCLUSION
.............................................
35
REFERENCES
.................................................
36
3
LIGHTNING
CALCULATIONS LIGHTENED .
...........................
39
3.1
INTRODUCTION
............................................
39
3.2 WITH LIGHTNING
SPEED
...................................
40
3.3 EXTREME ACCURACY
WITH A
SLIDE RULE
.......................
44
3.4
AN
INDISPENSABLE COMPANION
.............................
49
3.4.1 FOR
THE
EXERCISE
OF
HIS INGENUITY
....................
49
3.4.2 A TRANSMISSION LINE
CALCULATOR FOR THE MOST
TEDIOUS
PROBLEM
..................................
56
3.4.3 IF
QUERIST WILL LAY OUT HIS SLIDE RULES
...............
59
3.4.4 EQUIVALENT
TO
MILLIONS
OF
DOLLARS ANNUALLY
............
62
3.5
SPEED
UP COMPUTATIONS
OF
MANY
SORTS
.....................
63
IX
$
B1IOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
HLUENCHE A
X
CONTENTS
3.6
USES
SLIDE
RULE
.......................................
68
3.7 CONCLUSION
.............................................
71
REFERENCES.................................................
71
4 LIKE
THE
POOR,
THE
HARMONICS
WILL ALWAYS
BE
WITH
US
..........
75
4.1 INTRODUCTION
.............................................
75
4.2 MATHEMATICIAN
PAR
EXCELLENCE
............................
76
4.3
A MARVEL
OF
MECHANICAL
SKILL
AND
MATHEMATICAL
ACCURACY ......
87
4.4 EMINENTLY
SATISFACTORY
....................................
92
4.5 WITH
A
REASONABLE
ACCURACY
.............................
101
4.6
QUICKLY
AND
EASILY
.....................................
107
4.7
THE
SKILL
OF
THE
EXPERT
MECHANICAL
TECHNICIANS
..............
112
4.8
STILL
NOT
THE
IDEAL
ANALYZER
..............................
115
4.9
CONCLUSION
.............................................
117
REFERENCES.....
.............................................
118
5
THE
INNER
SATISFACTION
THAT COMES
WITH
EACH
USE
OF
THE
ALIGNMENT
CHART
.....................................
123
5.1
INTRODUCTION
............................................
123
5.2 `A
PERFECT
POEM:
THE
MOST LOVELY
EXPOSITION
OF
MATHEMATICS
IN SIMPLE
FORM
............................
124
5.3
A
CONVENIENT
TABLE:
A
WELCOMED
HELP
.....................
133
5.4
NEW
CATECHISM
OF
ELECTRICITY
.............................
146
5.5
IT WOULD
LEAD
TOO
FAR
TO
EXPLAIN
HERE
IN DETAIL
THE
LAYING
OUT
OF
AN
ALIGNMENT
CHART
................................
149
5.6 DONE
GRAPHICALLY
WITHOUT
THE
COMPUTER
KNOWING
ANYTHING
WHATEVER
ABOUT
THE
MATHEMATICS
..................
156
5.7 MENTION
SHOULD
BE
MADE
OF A
CIRCLE
DIAGRAM
THAT
PICTURIZES
IN
A
MOST
SIMPLE
AND
PRACTICAL
MANNER
..........
161
5.8 TIME-HONORED
GRAPHICAL
PROCEDURES
WITHIN
A
MODERN
TECHNICAL
FRAMEWORK......................................
168
5.9 CONCLUSION
.............................................
170
REFERENCES
.................................................
171
6 THE
APPEARANCE
OF
A
NEATLY
FINISHED
BOX
....................
177
6.1 INTRODUCTION
............................................
177
6.2 CANNOT
BE ALTERED
UNTIL
THE
OPERATION
HAS BEEN
FINISHED ......
178
6.3 THE
MISCALCULATION
OF
MAINS
.............................
189
6.4
CAN
BE PUT
IN
THE
HANDS
OF
A
GIRL ...........................
198
6.5 THE
TRUE
AUTOMATIC
MACHINE
BELONGS
TO
A
POSSIBLE
RATHER
THAN
AN
ACTUAL
CLASS
.....
.......................
201
6.6 NO
SHORT
SUMMARY
CAN BE
AT
ALL
COMPLETE
.................
207
6.7 CONCLUSION
.............................................
213
REFERENCES
.................................................
214
CONTENTS
R]
217
7
CONCLUSION
................................................
219
235
INDEX
........................................................
L
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