MODERN INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF CALCULATION
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 1 TOPIC, PERIOD, AND ARGUMENT 1 2 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 1 3 LINE OF ARGUMENTATION 1 4 STRATEGY REGARDING PRIMARY SOURCES REFERENCES “THE DELIGHTS OF THE SLIDE RULE” 2 1 INTRODUCTION 2 2 “NO DEVICE HAS BEEN OF GREATER GENERAL INTEREST” 2 3 “A MACHINE FOR PUTTING LOGARITHMS TO WORK” 2 4 “A VERY INGENIOUS INSTRUMENT” 2 5 “HIGH-SPEED SCALES” 2 6 “THE HABIT OF ATTEMPTING THAT ‘FICTICIOUS ACCURACY’” 2 7 “THE POOR MAN’S CALCULATOR” 2 8 “AS WELL AS THE PIANIST KNOWS HIS KEYBOARD” 2 9 “UNFAIR TO COMPARE” 2 10 CONCLUSION “LIGHTNING CALCULATIONS LIGHTENED” 3 1 INTRODUCTION 3 2 “WITH LIGHTNING SPEED” 3 3 “EXTREME ACCURACY WITH A SLIDE RULE” 3 4 “AN INDISPENSABLE COMPANION” 3 4 1 “FOR THE EXERCISE OF HIS INGENUITY” 3 4 2 “A TRANSMISSION LINE CALCULATOR” FOR “THE MOST TEDIOUS PROBLEM” 3 4 3 “IF QUERIST WILL LAY OUT HIS SLIDE RULES” 3 4 4 “EQUIVALENT TO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY” 3 5 “SPEED UP COMPUTATIONS OF MANY SORTS” 3 6 “USES SLIDE RULE” 3 7 CONCLUSION “LIKE THE POOR, THE HARMONICS WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US” 4 1 INTRODUCTION 4 2 “MATHEMATICIAN PAR EXCELLENCE” 4 3 “A MARVEL OF MECHANICAL SKILL AND MATHEMATICAL ACCURACY” 4 4 “EMINENTLY SATISFACTORY” 4 5 “WITH A REASONABLE ACCURACY” 4 6 “QUICKLY AND EASILY” 4 7 “THE SKILL OF THE EXPERT MECHANICAL TECHNICIANS” 4 8 “STILL NOT THE IDEAL ANALYZER” 4 9 CONCLUSION “THE INNER SATISFACTION THAT COMES WITH EACH USE OF THE ALIGNMENT CHART” 5 1 INTRODUCTION 5 2 “A PERFECT POEM: THE MOST LOVELY EXPOSITION OF MATHEMATICS IN SIMPLE FORM” 5 3 “A CONVENIENT TABLE: A WELCOMED HELP” 5 4 “NEW CATECHISM OF ELECTRICITY” 5 5 “IT WOULD LEAD TOO FAR TO EXPLAIN HERE IN DETAIL THE LAYING OUT OF AN ALIGNMENT CHART” 5 6 “DONE GRAPHICALLY WITHOUT THE COMPUTER KNOWING ANYTHING WHATEVER ABOUT THE MATHEMATICS” 5 7 “MENTION SHOULD BE MADE OF A CIRCLE DIAGRAM THAT PICTURIZES IN A MOST SIMPLE AND PRACTICAL MANNER” 5 8 “TIME-HONORED GRAPHICAL PROCEDURES WITHIN A MODERN TECHNICAL FRAMEWORK” 5 9 CONCLUSION “THE APPEARANCE OF A NEATLY FINISHED BOX” 6 1 INTRODUCTION 6 2 “CANNOT BE ALTERED UNTIL THE OPERATION HAS BEEN FINISHED” 6 3 “THE MISCALCULATION OF MAINS” 6 4 “CAN BE PUT IN THE HANDS OF A GIRL” 6 5 “THE TRUE AUTOMATIC MACHINE BELONGS TO A POSSIBLE RATHER THAN AN ACTUAL CLASS” 6 6 “NO SHORT SUMMARY CAN BE AT ALL COMPLETE” 6 7 CONCLUSION CONCLUSION