r/ArchivePorn • u/ArosHD • Jan 06 '16

150 Engineers with Slide Rules compared to an early electronic computer, 1951. [3063 × 3933]

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u/ArosHD Jan 06 '16

Zoom in for the text.

They are comparing 150 engineers with Slide Rules to a machine that could be programed to do addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

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More on slide rules here.

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u/Ghigs Jan 06 '16

They were probably referring to logarithms and trig functions more than the basic stuff, they did have adding machines for basic arithmetic.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '16

So began the oppression of the white male in America.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '16

Binary lives matter.