On the History of Gunter's Scale and the Slide Rule During the Seventeenth Century
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- ON THE HISTORY OF GUNTER’S SCALE AND THE SLIDE RULE DURING THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II. INNOVATIONS IN GUNTER’S SCALE
- Changes introduced by Wingate
- Changes introduced by Milbourn
- Changes introduced by Thomas Brown and John Brown
- Changes introduced by William Leybourn
- III. RICHARD DELAMAIN’S GRAMMELOGIA
- Different editions or impressions
- Description of Delamain’s instrument of 1630
- Delamain’s later designs, and directions for using his instruments
- IV. CONTROVERSY BETWEEN OUGHTRED AND DELAMAIN ON THE INVENTION OF THE CIRCULAR SLIDE RULE
- V. INDEPENDENCE AND PRIORITY OF INVENTION
- VI. OUGHTRED’S GAUGING LINE, 1633
- VII. OTHER SEVENTEENTH CENTURY SLIDE RULES
- Footnotes
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS
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