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THE most modern form of slide-rule is of the Mannheim or Tavernier-Gravêt type, and undoubtedly surpasses its predecessors in many ways. At the present time this instrument is in general use on the continent, principally in France and Germany, and it is now becoming more popular in England.
The Slide-Rule. A Practical Manual.
By Charles N. Pickworth (London: Emmott and Co., Ltd., 1894.)
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L., W. [Book Reviews]. Nature 51, 77 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/051077a0
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