Category:Slide rule: Difference between revisions

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fleshed out the description of a slide rule to differentiate from digital mechanical calculators.
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A '''slide rule''' is a mechanical calculating device.
A '''slide rule''' is an analogue mechanical calculating device which uses logarithmic scales to perform multiplication, division, and other difficult operations quickly.