🚀 u/Analog_Guy
Analog computing enthusiast.
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[https link] Navy Maneuvering Board See page 11-6. The main chart in the middle allows calculating angles and distances graphically. I believe the hand-held units had a dial of some kind that could be rotated. At the bottom of the figure is a three scale nomogram, for solving time, speed, and distance problems.
💬 View post · 1 like · Jan 09 · 4 months ago
A great place to learn about slide rules is [https link] the Slide Rule Museum slide rule course There are also some funny comics here: [https link]
💬 View post · 2025-12-24 · 4 months ago
What is analog computing? The basic idea is there is some physical analog between the computing device and the computing to be performed. A slide rule is a non-electronic computing device in which the analog is physical distances on logarithmic scales. A traditional electronic analog computer represents values as varying voltages which are feed through computing elements like integrators and multipliers.
💬 17 comments · 2025-12-24 · 4 months ago