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  2. Genaille–Lucas rulers - Wikipedia

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    Genaille–Lucas rulers (also known as Genaille's rods) are an arithmetic tool invented by Henri Genaille, a French railway engineer, in 1891. The device is a variant of Napier's bones . By representing the carry graphically, the user can read off the results of simple multiplication problems directly, with no intermediate mental calculations .

  3. Template:2/3 - Wikipedia

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    Bake for 1 ⁄ 2 hour. without requiring the use of bulky HTML markup. Please note that these templates do not handle preceding integers (or succeeding units) and the spacing in between, use {} for that: Bake for {{frac|2|1|2}} hours. Bake for 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours. As with {}, these templates should not be used in science or mathematical articles.

  4. Golomb ruler - Wikipedia

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    It has been proved that no perfect Golomb ruler exists for five or more marks. [3] A Golomb ruler is optimal if no shorter Golomb ruler of the same order exists. Creating Golomb rulers is easy, but proving the optimal Golomb ruler (or rulers) for a specified order is computationally very challenging.

  5. Scale ruler - Wikipedia

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    A scale ruler is a tool for measuring lengths and transferring measurements at a fixed ratio of length; two common examples are an architect's scale and engineer's scale.In scientific and engineering terminology, a device to measure linear distance and create proportional linear measurements is called a scale.

  6. Ruled paper - Wikipedia

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    It has 1 ⁄ 2 in (12.7 mm) spacing between ruling lines, with a single margin drawn down the center of the page. Wide ruled (or legal ruled) paper has 11 ⁄ 32 in (8.7 mm) spacing between horizontal lines, with a vertical margin drawn about 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches (32 mm) from the left-hand edge of the page. It is commonly used by American ...

  7. Technical lettering - Wikipedia

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    Freehand lettering is done without the assistance of tools. To regulate lettering height, commonly 3 mm (1 ⁄ 8-in), guidelines are drawn.Mechanical lettering is done using tools such as lettering guides, templates, or using a small mechanical pantograph referred to by the Keuffel and Esser trademark "Leroy"

  8. C-Thru Ruler - Wikipedia

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    Only one year after founding the company, Jennie Zachs took in two partners to handle the expansion of C-Thru. Edward Zachs, her brother, joined C-Thru and Anna Zachs, her sister, became an investor. On October 14, 1946, C-Thru Ruler Company was formally incorporated in Connecticut. In 1957, Edward’s son, Ted also started working at the Company.

  9. Non-printing character in word processors - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, OpenOffice.org (from 3.0) Key combination in other word processors Windows Alt Key Codes [5] Unicode name Unicode code Unicode code Space · Space: SPACE 0x20 0032 Non-breaking space ° Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Space: Ctrl+Space for FrameMaker, LyX (non-Mac), OpenOffice.org (before 3.0), WordPerfect: Alt+0+1+6+0 or Alt+2+5+5 ...