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Compass, Slide Rule

 

A slide rule, also known as a slide ruler or a slipstick, is an extremely complex ruler that functions as an analog computer. By sliding various components of the ruler to align with one another, a slide rule can compute products, roots, logarithms, and the result of trigonometric functions.

 

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Uploaded on February 15, 2022
Taken on February 12, 2022