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The slide rule is an example of a mechanical analog computer...
Other analog mechanical computers included slide rules, the differential analyzer built by Vannevar E. Bush (1890–1974) at the...
It is astonishing to think that much of the routine mathematical work that put people into orbit around Earth and landed astronauts on the Moon in the 1960s was performed using an unassuming little mechanical analog computer – the 'humble' slide rule.
For example, slide rules are mechanical analog computers,
Another analog computer, the slide rule, became the constant companion of scientists, engineers, and students until it was replaced... logarithmic proportions, allowing for quick multiplication, division, the extraction of square roots, and sometimes the calculation of trigonometric functions.
