CONTENTS -



1. SCALES -


Nature and Properties of Scales -


Methods for Constructing Scales -


Altering Moduli of Scales -


Standard Scales -


Mechanical Aspects of Scale Construction -


Exercises -



2. CALCULATING WITH SCALES -


Adjacent Scales -


Parallel Scales With Index Line -


Standard Slide Rules -


Slide Rule Routines -


Special Slide Rules -


Methods of Reproduction -


Other Forms of Special Slide Rules -


Differential Gear Rules -


Exercises -



3. GRAPH PAPERS -


Common Types of Graph Papers -


Construction of Graph Papers -


Exercises -



4. CALCULATING WITH GRAPH PAPERS -


Hyperbolic Paper -


Linear Paper -


Semilogarithmic Paper -


Logarithmic Paper -


Exercises -



5. GRAPHS -


Relationship of Graph to Table and Function -


Graphs of Regular Functions -


Interpolation and Extrapolation -


Graphs of Empirical Data -


Complex Graphs -


Condensed Graphs -


Exercises -



6. CALCULATING WITH GRAPHS -


Position Relationships -


Vertical and Horizontal Displacements -


General Distance Relationships -


Isometric Translation -


Slopes; Graphical Differentiation -


Areas; Graphical Integration -


Exercises -



7. NOMOGRAPHY -


Nomographic Methods -


Some Characteristics of Nomographs -



8. NOMOGRAPHS BY SYNTHETIC METHODS -

Synthetic Methods -


Figures With One Straight Index Line -


Figures With Two Parallel Index Lines -


Figures With Perpendicular Index Lines -


Review of Synthetic Methods -


Exercises -



9. NOMOGRAPHS WITH CARTESIAN

COORDINATES, -


Relationship of Defining Equation to Type -


Matrix Transformations -


Exercises -



10. NOMOGRAPHS WITH HYPERBOLIC

COORDINATES -


The Semihyperbolic Coordinate System -


Application to Construction of Nomographs -



11. PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF CONSTRUCTING

NOMOGRAPHS -


Nomographs With Parallel Scales -


Nomographs With Oblique Scales -


Nomographs With Curved Scales -


Exercises -



12. USE OF GENERAL HYPERBOLIC

COORDINATES -


Hyperbolic Plane Coordinates -


The V-Type Nomograph -


Fitting Nomograph to a Rectangle -



13. THREE-DIMENSIONED NOMOGRAPHS -


Three-Dimensional Hyperbolic Coordinates -


Defining Equation for Nomographs -


Applications -



14. PROPERTIES OF HYPERBOLIC


COORDINATE SYSTEMS -


Hyperbolic Plane Coordinates -


Semihyperbolic Coordinates -


Hyperbolic Solid Coordinates -


Semihyperbolic Solid Coordinates -



15. NOMOGRAPHS FROM GRAPHS AND TABLES -


Relationship of Graph to Nomograph -


Constructing Nomographs From Tables:


Symmetrical -


Constructing Nomographs From Tables:


General -



APPENDIX -


Values of x = -p/p-r- and 1 - x


INDEX -

Other: Walter Herbert Burrows