Mechanical analog computer.
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Examples for "slipstick "
Examples for "slipstick "
1 I learned how to work the sextant, the compass, the slipstick , the abacus.
2 I made Re'lar before they threw me out, you little slipstick .
3 I called him a pompous slipstick who had missed his true calling as a counting-house scribe.
4 I keep forgetting that we're dealing with a planet instead of electrons. He applied the slipstick again.
5 Mine will be a cuddly little brunette that thinks a slipstick is some kind of lipstick and that an isotope's something good to eat.
1 He readjusted the slide rule and slid the hairline over a bit.
2 The actual slide rule was invented by one Oughtred in the same year.
3 I was so shocked that I almost snapped my slide rule .
4 Dudley took from the desk another ledger, a slide rule , and a scratchpad.
5 In 1622, Willliam Oughtred invented the slide rule for calculations.
1 'That's a sliding ruler , Mother,' Simnel said, grinning at Moist.
2 You saw those boys at that there compound in the smoke with their sliding rulers , although you couldn't quite work out what them was for.'
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