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2. Fuller calculator - Wikipedia

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   The second, outer, cylinder is printed with the slide rule's primary logarithmic scale in the form of a 50-turn helix 12.70 metres; 500 inches (41 ft 8 in) long with annotations on the scale going from 100 to 1000. A brass tube with a mahogany cap at the top is a slide fit into the first cylinder. [1] [2] [3] [4]

3. Coggeshall slide rule - Wikipedia

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   In measurement, the Coggeshall slide rule, also called a carpenter's slide rule, was a slide rule designed by Henry Coggeshall in 1677 to help in measuring the dimensions, surface area, and volume of timber. With his original design and later improvements, Coggeshall's slide rule brought the tool its first practical use outside of mathematical ...

4. Steel bar - Wikipedia

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   Steel bar (tonebar) used to play certain types of steel guitars Several kinds of steel bars. A steel bar, commonly referred to as a "steel", but also referred to as a tone bar, [1] slide bar, [2] guitar slide, slide, [3] or bottleneck, [4] is a smooth hard object which is pressed against strings to play steel guitar and is itself the origin of the name "steel guitar". [5]

5. Slide rule - Wikipedia

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   Slide the slide until the number on the D scale which is against 1 on the C cursor is the same as the number on the B cursor which is against the base number on the A scale. (Examples: A 8, B 2, C 1, D 2; A 27, B 3, C 1, D 3.)

6. Ruler - Wikipedia

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   A variety of rulers A carpenter's rule Retractable flexible rule or tape measure A closeup of a steel ruler A ruler in combination with a letter scale. A ruler, sometimes called a rule, scale or a line gauge or metre/meter stick, is an instrument used to make length measurements, whereby a length is read from a series of markings called "rules" along an edge of the device. [1]

7. Slide guitar - Wikipedia

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   The slide guitar, according to music educator Keith Wyatt, can be thought of as a "one-finger fretless guitar". [62] The placement of a slide on a string determines the pitch, functioning in the manner of a steel guitar. The slide is pressed lightly against the treble strings to avoid hitting against the frets. The frets are used here only as a ...

8. List of slide guitarists - Wikipedia

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   Slide guitarists are musicians who are well-known for playing guitar with a "slide", a smooth, hard object, held in the fretting hand and placed against the strings to control the pitch. [1] Beginning with guitarists in the American South and Hawaii in early 20th century, [ 2 ] slide guitar styles have developed in a variety of musical settings ...

9. International Slide Rule Museum - Wikipedia

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   The International Slide Rule Museum (ISRM) is an American museum dedicated to the preservation and display of slide rules and other mathematical artefacts. Established in 2003 by Michael Konshak, who serves as its curator, [3] [4] the museum houses a collection of slide rules from divers manufacturers and time periods, showcasing the evolution and importance of these instruments in the history ...