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An Interactive JavaScript Slide Rule

by lebski88 on 8/3/20, 8:39 AM with 6 comments

  • by thealienthing on 8/4/20, 2:11 AM

    Neat! I’ve looked on amazon and eBay where I could buy a slide rule but haven’t been able to find one. One of my professors told the class that he had a teacher who would challenge any of his students to run any calculation on a handheld calculator before he could do it on a slide rule. The students could never beat him even with long complicated equations. Found that fascinating.
  • by throw0101a on 8/4/20, 2:49 AM

    There's a 'Professor Herning' whose YouTube channel has both good tutorials on their use, as well as comparing many models (and the various scales they have):

    * https://www.youtube.com/c/ProfessorHerning/videos

  • by codezero on 8/4/20, 2:10 AM

    In case anyone missed this from last week [0]: Illustrated Self-Guided Course On How To Use The Slide Rule

    [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24028351