Le Calcul Simplifié: Graphical and Mechanical Methods for Simplifying Calculation (Charles Babbage Institute Reprint) (Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Compu)

By Maurice d'Ocagne and Maurice D' Ocagne

This first translation of d'Ocagne's Le Calcul Simplifi makes a classic work on the early art of computation available to historians of computer science. In the days before the sophisticated mechanical esk calculator and the later electronic devices, d'Ocagne's nomograms were highly regarded methods for performing calculations. This first translation of d'Ocagne's Le Calcul Simplifi makes a classic work on the early art of computation available to historians of computer science. Le Calcul Simplifi , first published in the early 1890s, is volume 11 in the Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262150328
• ISBN13: 9780262150323
• Release Date: November 1986
• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher