This great  Hardcover text is an Absolute Must have

for any serious Engineer, Draftsman or

Mechanical drawing Student studying the old Style

SLIDE  RULE and Mathematics!

 

 

 Titled:

 

"   FORMULAS ~ CUBE  ROOT ~ LOGARITHMS  "

 

Author  ~  I. C. S. Staff

 

Published by INTERNATIONAL TEXTBOOK COMPANY (235B)    

Copyright 1938

 

This superbly written and illustrated book

 is an excellent information source

On Cube Roots, Logarithms,

Formulas and Mathematics.

 

CONDITION: 

Heavy Semi - gloss pages are cream colored,

supple and tightly bound inside.

The Covers have NO wear.

The Gold Gilt Lettering Screams Out at You.

 The Interior Looks Pristine!

The Blue Page Edges are Gorgeous!

This Text is in Excellent Condition for

A 74 Year Old Teaching Guide and

Would Make an Awesome Christmas Gift

For the Engineer in Your Life.

 

The condition is considered

" LIKE  NEW "

by industry standards.

 

 

This is an awesome study book that was used to assist

students in their acquisition of Mathematical knowledge.

It is filled with exquisite Mathematic Equations

and Logarithm Tables.

This masterpiece is surrounded by blind stamped dark Indigo blue covers,

  blue marblized pastedown endpapers and fly leaf.

The spine has Gold ink lettering and dark blue page edges.

 It measures in at   5" by 7 5/8".

 

This text is divided into 3 Sections.

Section 1 has 57 Pages.

Section 2 has 24 Pages.

Section 3 has 47 Pages

plus 20 Pages of Logarithms

and other useful Numerical Information.

For a total  148  pages of incredible information

 not easily found in modern books!

 

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Listed below are all

of the chapters of this Text:

 

FORMULAS

 

ELEMENTARY  OPERATIONS

 

 

USE  OF  SYMBOLS

Rules and Formulas Compared;

Arithmetical Signs and Their Applications.

 

 

EQUATIONS  FORMED  WITH  NUMBERS

Fundamental Principles;

Adding a Quantity to both members of an Equation;

Multiplying or Dividing Both Members by the Same Quantity;

Transformation.

 

 

EQUATIONS  FORMED  WITH  SYMBOLS

Application of Symbols;

Operation with Terms of an Equation;

Parenthesis;

Equations with One Unknown Term.

 

 

APPLICATION  OF  FORMULAS

 

 

SOLUTION  OF  SIMPLE  STANDARD  FORMULAS

Transformation of Formulas;

Formulas Relating to Electrical and Steam Engineering;

Formulas Relating to Mensuration and Mine Ventilation;

Formulas Relating to Beams and Columns.

 

 

 

 

CUBE  ROOT

 

EXTRACTION  OF  CUBE  ROOT

 

 

METHODS  AVAILABLE

Introduction;

Trial - and - error Method;

Table Method;

Exact Method;

Cube Root of Fractions.

 

 

APPLICATION  OF  CUBE  ROOT

 

 

 

 

 

LOGARITHMS

 

EXPONENTS

Use of Logarithms;

Powers of Numbers;

Use of Exponents;

Positive and Negative Quantities;

Negative Exponents;

Roots of Numbers;

Fractional Exponents;

 

 

LOGARITHMS  OF  NUMBERS

 

 

DEFINITIONS

 

 

DETERMINATION  OF  CHARACTERISTICS  OF  A  LOGARITHM

 

 

DETERMINATION  OF  MANTISSA  OF  A  LOGARITHM

Mantissa for Numbers with Not More Than Four Significant Figures;

Significant Figures;

Mantissa for Numbers with More Than Four Significant Figures;

General Principles of Interpolation;

Tables of Proportional Parts.

 

 

DETERMINATION  OF  ANTILOGARITHMS

Finding Antilogarithms Directly From Table;

General Principle;

Rules for Locating Decimal Point;

Types of Problems in Finding Antilogarithms;

Finding Antilogarithms by Interpolation;

 

 

PRACTICAL  APPLIACTIONS  OF  LOGARITHMS

 

 

MULTIPLICATION  BY  USE  OF  LOGARITHMS

General Rule for Multiplication;

Multiplication of Numbers Greater Than One;

Multiplication Involving Numbers Wholly Decimal;

Care in Use of Abbreviation Log.

 

 

DIVISION  BY  USE  OF  LOGARITHMS

 

 

FINDING  POWERS  AND  ROOTS  BY  LOGARITHMS

Finding Powers of Numbers;

Extracting Roots of Numbers;

Examples for Practice.

 

 

COMBINATION  OF  OPERATIONS

Types of Computations;

Calculations Involving Multiplication and Division;

Calculations Involving Powers and Roots;

Computations Involving Addition and Subtraction;

Computations in Which a Logarithm is a Factor;

Accuracy of Results Obtained by Use of Five - place Logarithmic Table;

Examples for Practice.

 

 

CO LOGARITHMS

 

 

HYPERBOLIC  LOGARITHMS

 

 

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Mechanical drawing Student studying

old style SLIDE  RULES and Mathematics

or anyone intrigued by These:

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