GB708893A - Improvements in or relating to computers of the slide rule type - Google Patents
Improvements in or relating to computers of the slide rule typeInfo
- Publication number
- GB708893A GB708893A GB1760152A GB1760152A GB708893A GB 708893 A GB708893 A GB 708893A GB 1760152 A GB1760152 A GB 1760152A GB 1760152 A GB1760152 A GB 1760152A GB 708893 A GB708893 A GB 708893A
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- United Kingdom
- Prior art keywords
- scale
- wind
- logarithmic
- disc
- angle
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired
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Classifications
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06G—ANALOGUE COMPUTERS
- G06G1/00—Hand manipulated computing devices
- G06G1/02—Devices in which computing is effected by adding, subtracting, or comparing lengths of parallel or concentric graduated scales
- G06G1/10—Devices in which computing is effected by adding, subtracting, or comparing lengths of parallel or concentric graduated scales characterised by the graduation
- G06G1/12—Devices in which computing is effected by adding, subtracting, or comparing lengths of parallel or concentric graduated scales characterised by the graduation logarithmic graduations, e.g. for multiplication
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- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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- Mathematical Physics (AREA)
- Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
- General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Indicating Or Recording The Presence, Absence, Or Direction Of Movement (AREA)
Abstract
708,893. Calculating-apparatus. BATORI, O. E. Oct. 30, 1950, No. 17601/52. Divided out of 708,811. Class 106 (1) A logarithmic calculator, of similar construction to that described in Specification 708,811 but modified for the solution of triangles, especially the wind triangle in air navigation, comprises co-operating logarithmic scales K and J on a pair of relatively rotatable discs 1 and 2, and inner logarithmic scales of the trigonometric functions of angles on the disc 2 read through an aperture 11 in an upper disc 3 secured to the disc 1. In the calculator shown, there is a double scale O on the disc 2 of logarithmic sine and cosine values which resolve wind into its components, and a logarithmic sine and tangent scale M for drift angle. Both these scales appear in the window 11 and are read at a pointer 17. To calculate the wind correction angle (drift), the cross-wind component is first read off scale K against wind force on scale J after setting wind angle on scale O against the pointer 17. Cooperating linear angle scales P and Q are marked on the discs 2 and 3 for initially finding wind angle from the wind and course directions. By setting air-speed on scale J against this value of cross-wind on scale K, the wind correction angle is shown by pointer 17 on the scale M. To calculate ground speed, the wind angle is set on the cosine scale 0; the tail wind component can then be read off scale K against wind force on scale J, and is added to the air-speed to obtain ground speed. The disc 2 is also provided with a logarithmic latitude scale L for calculating geostrophic cross-wind from pressure gradient ascertained from change in altimeter reading during level flight. The cross-wind is read off scale K against latitude on scale L after setting the flight distance on scale J against the change in altimeter reading on scale K. A logarithmic tangent scale N is also marked on the disc 2, and may be used for finding the direction between two points from their latitude and longitude differences.
Priority Applications (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB1760152A GB708893A (en) | 1950-10-30 | 1950-10-30 | Improvements in or relating to computers of the slide rule type |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB1760152A GB708893A (en) | 1950-10-30 | 1950-10-30 | Improvements in or relating to computers of the slide rule type |
Publications (1)
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GB708893A true GB708893A (en) | 1954-05-12 |
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GB1760152A Expired GB708893A (en) | 1950-10-30 | 1950-10-30 | Improvements in or relating to computers of the slide rule type |
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GB (1) | GB708893A (en) |
Cited By (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3654436A (en) * | 1970-10-15 | 1972-04-04 | Richard E Sansom Jr | Air navigation computer for windage problems |
GB2220770B (en) * | 1988-07-11 | 1992-09-09 | John Christopher Hirst | Vmg comparitor |
ITBO20110459A1 (en) * | 2011-07-28 | 2013-01-29 | Univ Bologna Alma Mater | AERONAUTICAL REGULATION. |
ITBO20110460A1 (en) * | 2011-07-28 | 2013-01-29 | Univ Bologna Alma Mater | AERONAUTICAL REGULATION. |
WO2013014645A1 (en) * | 2011-07-28 | 2013-01-31 | Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita' Di Bologna | Flight computer |
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1950
- 1950-10-30 GB GB1760152A patent/GB708893A/en not_active Expired
Cited By (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3654436A (en) * | 1970-10-15 | 1972-04-04 | Richard E Sansom Jr | Air navigation computer for windage problems |
GB2220770B (en) * | 1988-07-11 | 1992-09-09 | John Christopher Hirst | Vmg comparitor |
ITBO20110459A1 (en) * | 2011-07-28 | 2013-01-29 | Univ Bologna Alma Mater | AERONAUTICAL REGULATION. |
ITBO20110460A1 (en) * | 2011-07-28 | 2013-01-29 | Univ Bologna Alma Mater | AERONAUTICAL REGULATION. |
WO2013014645A1 (en) * | 2011-07-28 | 2013-01-31 | Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita' Di Bologna | Flight computer |
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