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| Grammar : Noun |
Definition of slide rule
- As in ruler : noun tool for measuring or calculating length
- Moriarty was muttering to himself, figuring with slide rule, pencil and paper.
- Extract from : « The Leech » by Phillips Barbee
- He readjusted the slide rule and slid the hairline over a bit.
- Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
- In 1622, Willliam Oughtred invented the slide rule for calculations.
- Extract from : « Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. » by S. A. Reilly
- Should the slide rule be placed in the hands of a boy before, or after, he has mastered the theory of logarithms?
- Extract from : « William Oughtred » by Florian Cajori
- He sat in the big chair with his feet sticking straight out in front of him and played with a slide rule.
- Extract from : « What Rough Beast? » by Jefferson Highe
- Mr. J: (hastily working his slide rule) Upwards of eight hundred thousand, I should say.
- Extract from : « If at First You Don't... » by John Brudy
- He dug out a slide rule and a pencil and pad and sat down with his back to the back of the pilot's seat, under the light.
- Extract from : « Four-Day Planet » by Henry Beam Piper
- The use of a slide rule will make this transference to a new average very easy.
- Extract from : « The Science of Human Nature » by William Henry Pyle
- He carried no dagger; if he had worn a dress weapon, it would probably have been a slide rule.
- Extract from : « Ministry of Disturbance » by Henry Beam Piper
- On the white marble table were her notebook, a book on matter transmission, and her slide rule.
- Extract from : « Captives of the Flame » by Samuel R. Delany
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