slide rule

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Walter Shawlee chanced upon a slide rule from high school while looking through a drawer at his home in Kelowna, British Columbia.

From New York Times

For about 350 years, humanity’s most innovative hand-held computer was something called a slide rule.

From New York Times

With an abacus and a slide rule, earlier helpmeets, you had to know something of the mathematical process.

From Washington Post

Over a four-decade career that began with slide rules and moved into the age of computer modeling, Ms. Norwood became known as a resourceful problem solver who often hit upon simple but effective solutions.

From Washington Post

Over a four-decade career that began with slide rules and moved into the age of computer modeling, Norwood became known as a resourceful problem solver who often hit upon simple but effective solutions.

From Seattle Times