On the other side of the spectrum were giant slide rules meant for use in a classroom (some were 7 feet long). For very precise work, engineers would use rules shaped like a cylinder. With the ...

You have to really like slide rules to build your own, including the necessary artwork. Apparently [Dylan Thinnes] is a big fan, based on this project he began working on a few months back.

Before there were apps for tablets and smartphones, before mathematics education software was easily installed on personal computers, before electronic calculators entered professional practice and ...

Primarily for multiplication and division, the slide rule has two stationary sets and one sliding set of numbers in the center. To multiply, numbers are added; to divide, numbers are subtracted.

Author Griff Borgeson slide rules out some test figures ... varies with the individual engine and the actual ratio is stamped on the cylinder block, just under the name plate.

These massive .44-cal. percussion pistols served ably before and during our Civil War. A cartridge cylinder adds versatility ...

To illustrate how capable the humble mill can be and why we should get up and notice, we present the most powerful 4-cylinder in a production car so far.

From changes in the prices of LPG gas cylinders to revised Google Maps charges and altered HDFC Bank credit card rules, here are some major ones. Changes in LPG gas cylinder prices LPG gas ...

There have never been better mid-size trucks than these. Here, the top dogs battle in the dunes for the segment crown.

New Delhi: Starting from LPG Cylinder price to HDFC Credit Card rules, a series of new changes are going to impact India’s middle class from August 1. Notably, every month, some changes in some ...

The introduction of the GPz900R tore up the rule book on the definition of superbikes. The motorcycle was first marketed as the GPz900R but KMC figured out a more suitable name that stuck – the ...