Slide Rules Design, Build, and Archive Presentations in the Engineering and Technical Fields. by Nathans-Kelly, Traci, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Slide Rules Design, Build, and Archive Presentations in the Engineering and Technical Fields; Copyright; Contents; A Note from the Series Editor; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Understand our path to these techniques; Witness the change; Feel confident about these techniques; References; 1 Heed the Pleas for Better Presentations; Know the enemy; Be an agent of change; Call a meeting instead of summoning a slide deck; Destroy the decks of drudgery; Learn communication lessons from past tragedies; Confront conventional poor practices; Consider slides as a two-part deliverable…”
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Slide rules : design, build, and archive presentations in the engineering and technical fields / Traci Nathans-Kelly, Christine G. Nicometo. by Nathans-Kelly, Traci, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Slide Rules Design, Build, and Archive Presentations in the Engineering and Technical Fields; Copyright; Contents; A Note from the Series Editor; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Understand our path to these techniques; Witness the change; Feel confident about these techniques; References; 1 Heed the Pleas for Better Presentations; Know the enemy; Be an agent of change; Call a meeting instead of summoning a slide deck; Destroy the decks of drudgery; Learn communication lessons from past tragedies; Confront conventional poor practices; Consider slides as a two-part deliverable.…”
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Calculation and Computation in the Pre-electronic Era The Mechanical and Electrical Ages / by Aristotle Tympas. by Tympas, Aristotle

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The Delights of the Slide Rule -- Lighting Calculations Lightened -- Like the Poor, the Harmonics Will Always Be With Us -- The Inner Satisfaction That Comes With Each Use of the Alignment Chart -- The Appearance of a Neatly Finished Box -- Conclusion.…”
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How round is your circle? : where engineering and mathematics meet / John Bryant and Chris Sangwin. by Bryant, John, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…10.12 Modern and Accurate Roundness MethodsChapter 11 Plenty of Slide Rule; 11.1 The Logarithmic Slide Rule; 11.2 The Invention of Slide Rules; 11.3 Other Calculations and Scales; 11.4 Circular and Cylindrical Slide Rules; 11.5 Slide Rules for Special Purposes; 11.6 The Magnameta Oil Tonnage Calculator; 11.7 Non-Logarithmic Slide Rules; 11.8 Nomograms; 11.9 Oughtred and Delamain's Views on Education; Chapter 12 All a Matter of Balance; 12.1 Stacking Up; 12.2 The Divergence of the Harmonic Series; 12.3 Building the Stack of Dominos; 12.4 The Leaning Pencil and Reaching the Stars…”
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How round is your circle? : where engineering and mathematics meet / John Bryant and Chris Sangwin. by Bryant, John, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…10.12 Modern and Accurate Roundness MethodsChapter 11 Plenty of Slide Rule; 11.1 The Logarithmic Slide Rule; 11.2 The Invention of Slide Rules; 11.3 Other Calculations and Scales; 11.4 Circular and Cylindrical Slide Rules; 11.5 Slide Rules for Special Purposes; 11.6 The Magnameta Oil Tonnage Calculator; 11.7 Non-Logarithmic Slide Rules; 11.8 Nomograms; 11.9 Oughtred and Delamain's Views on Education; Chapter 12 All a Matter of Balance; 12.1 Stacking Up; 12.2 The Divergence of the Harmonic Series; 12.3 Building the Stack of Dominos; 12.4 The Leaning Pencil and Reaching the Stars…”
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Groundbreaking scientific experiments, inventions, and discoveries of the 17th century / Michael Windelspecht. by Windelspecht, Michael, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Analytical geometry -- Animal generation -- Atomic theory -- Barometer -- Binomial theorem -- Blood circulation -- Botanical classification -- Boyle's Law -- Calculating machines -- Calculus -- Cells -- Chemistry -- Combustion -- Electricity -- Embryology -- Entomology -- Fermat's last theorem -- Fossils -- Gases -- Geology -- Gravitation -- Halley's Comet -- Heliocentrism -- Hooke's Law -- Human physiology -- Hydrologic cycle -- Hydromechanics -- Hygrometers and hygroscopes -- Jupiter -- Kepler's Theory of Planetary Motion -- Law of Falling Bodies -- Laws of motion -- Light spectrum -- Light speed -- Light waves -- Logarithms -- Lymphatic system -- Magnetic declination -- Magnetism -- Mars -- Meteorology -- Micrometer -- Microscope -- The moon -- Nebula -- Ocean tides -- Optics -- Pendulum clock -- Phosphorus -- Plant morphology -- Probability -- Saturn -- Scientific reasoning -- Slide rule -- Sound -- Star atlases -- Steam engine -- Telescope -- Refracting telescopes -- Long telescopes -- Reflecting telescopes -- Thermometer -- Vacuum pump.…”
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Insightful quality : beyond continuous improvement / Victor Sower and Frank Fair. by Sower, Victor E.

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Insightful quality : beyond continuous improvement / Victor Sower and Frank Fair. by Sower, Victor E., Fair, Frank

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Insightful quality : beyond continuous improvement / Victor Sower and Frank Fair. by Sower, Victor E., Fair, Frank

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Handhelds in Medicine A Practical Guide for Clinicians / edited by Scott M. Strayer, Peter L. Reynolds, Mark H. Ebell. by Strayer, Scott M.

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Scientific instruments on display / edited by Silke Ackermann, Richard L. Kremer, Mara Miniati. by Ackermann, Silke, Kremer, Richard L. (Richard Lynn)

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 6 Looking at Scientific Instruments on Display at the United States Centennial Exhibition of 1876; Chapter 7 Permanent Demonstrations: The Science Teaching Museum at the University of Chicago; Chapter 8 The Display of Twentieth-Century Instruments at Humboldt State University; Chapter 9 Slide Rules on Display in the United States, 1840-2010; Chapter 10 "Exceedingly Ridiculous": Telescopes on Display on the Seventeenth-Century Stage; Chapter 11 Instruments on Movie Sets: A Case Study; Chapter 12 Display of Instruments on Seventeenth-Century Astronomical Frontispieces.…”
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Milestones in Analog and Digital Computing by Herbert Bruderer. by Bruderer, Herbert

Table of Contents: “…The Thomas Arithmometer -- 13. The Curta -- 14. Slide Rules -- 15. Historical Automatons and Robots -- 16. …”
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Industrial applications of surfactants IV / edited by David R. Karsa. by Karsa, D. R.

Table of Contents: “…Hydrotropes and Their Applications; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 EXPERIMENTAL; 3 SLIDE RULE AND SPREADSHEET; 4 SAMPLE FORMULAE; 5 CONCLUSION; References; Chapter 5. …”
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Extinct : a compendium of obsolete objects / edited by Barbara Penner, Adrian Forty, Olivia Horsfall Turner, and Miranda Critchley.

Table of Contents: “…Willkens -- Medical wax model / Thomas Kador -- Memo / Adrian Forty -- Milk spoon / Hugo Palmarola -- MiniDisc / Priya Khanchandani -- Minitel / Shahed Saleem -- Moon towers / Bryony Quinn -- Nikini / Rachel Siobhán Tyler -- 'No Nonsense' fountain pen / Pippo Ciorra -- North Bucks Monorail City / Gillian Darley -- Notgeld / Tom Wilkinson -- Oil from coal / David Edgerton -- Optical telegraph / David Trotter -- Paper aeroplane ticket / Gökçe Günel -- Paper dress / Olivia Horsfall Turner -- Pasilalinic-sympathetic compass / Richard Taws -- Phase-change chemical heat-storage barrel / Daniel Barber -- Player piano / Hal Foster -- Pneumatic postal system / Jacob Paskins -- Polaroid SX-70 / Deyan Sudjic -- Public standards of length / David Rooney -- Pyrophone / Tim Boon -- Realistic wax mannequin / Maude Bass-Krueger -- Rotring, Letratone, MiniCAD / Tony Fretton -- Scaphander : 'Man-boat' / Steven Connor -- Scarificator / Thomas Kador -- Serving hatch / Tim Ainsworth Anstey -- Sinclair C5 / Simon Sadler -- Skirt grip / Amy de la Haye -- Slide rule / Adrian Forty -- Slotted screwdriver / Richard Wentworth -- Space frame / Catherine Slessor -- Stanley 55 combination plane / Nikos Magouliotis -- Telephone table / Edwin Heathcote -- Teletype / James Purdon -- Théâtrophone / Carlotta Darò -- Think city electric vehicle / Kjetil Fallan -- Trombe wall / Paul Bouet -- T-shirt plastic bag / Johanna Agerman Ross -- Ultratemp® roasting rack / Christian Parreno -- UV-radiated artificial beach / Maarten Liefooghe -- Vertical filing cabinet / Zeynep Çelik Alexander -- Water bag / Sarah Bell -- Writing case / Barry Curtis -- Zeppelin / Jeremy Myerson.…”
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Ignite : real leadership, real talk, real results / Gabrielle Dolan. by Dolan, Gabrielle

Table of Contents: “…Tip 1: Make it personalTip 2: Use humour wisely; Tip 3: Use emotion over data; Tip 4: Start smart; Tip 5: End smarter; Chapter 5 Presenting the real you on stage; Start with the why; Understand the purpose for your audience; Understand the purpose for you; Your messages; 'Bumper sticker' your message; Choose your delivery style; Stories; Props; Something unusual; PowerPointlessness; Rule 1: Reduce your slides; Rule 2: Make sure your slides are legible; Rule 3: Remember a picture paints a thousand words; Rule 4: Split your presentation; Before the presentation; Well before your presentation.…”
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Analog Computing / von Prof. Dr. Bernd Ulmann. by Ulmann, Bernd

Table of Contents: “…1 Introduction; 1.1 Outline; 1.2 The notion of analog computing; 1.3 Direct and indirect analogies; 2 Mechanical analog computers; 2.1 Astrolabes; 2.2 The Antikythera mechanism; 2.3 Slide rules; 2.4 Planimeters; 2.5 Mechanical computing elements; 2.5.1 Function generation; 2.5.2 Differential gears; 2.5.3 Integrators; 2.5.4 Multipliers; 2.6 Harmonic synthesizers and analyzers; 2.7 Mechanical fire control systems; 2.8 Differential analyzers; 3 The first electronic analog computers; 3.1 Helmut Hoelzer; 3.1.1 The "Mischgerät"; 3.1.2 Hoelzer's analog computer; 3.2 George A. …”
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Ways of Thinking, Ways of Seeing Mathematical and other Modelling in Engineering and Technology / edited by Chris Bissell, Chris Dillon. by Bissell, Chris

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Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race / Margot Lee Shetterly. by Lee Shetterly, Margot

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