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Re: 4-digit Circular Sliderules
From: Hanno Ix
Date: 2015 Feb 22, 19:46 -0800
My goal has been creating a Circular Slide Rule capable of just 4 - digit multiplications/divisions usable for CelNav and designed such that it can be build by a dedicated hobbyist with good but modest tools.
From: Hanno Ix
Date: 2015 Feb 22, 19:46 -0800
Hello,
this ATLAS seems in many ways more complex but also more powerful.I cannot make out from the picture if ATLAS's long scale is a spiral but the text in Greg's link appears to be saying so. My SCALE1 may be used as described there, I believe. My color schemes, though, are additional tools for estimating more quickly on which turns of the spiral the factors and the result may be found. I suppose the yellow background of some turns on the ATLAS is meant for the same purpose - I would like to know more about that. Without such a tool it takes quite long to locate the numbers. Perhaps you can find a particular clever method - better than ATLAS or me.
I owe you still a detailed description of using my designs - I ask you for your patience, though. However, I can see from your notes you might already be researching your own ideas of using them. Great!
H
On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Greg Rudzinski <NoReply_Rudzinski@fer3.com> wrote:
Here is a link to an Atlas slide rule.
http://public.beuth-hochschule.de/hamann/sliderules/atlas1.html