Le calcul simplifié par les procédés mécaniques et graphiques: Histoire et description sommaire des instruments et machines á calculer, tables, abaques et nomogrammes

by Maurice d'Ocagne

This first translation of d'Ocagne's Le Calcul SimplifiE 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.

Leather Bound

First published November 6, 1986