Biography:Amédée Mannheim
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Short description: French mathematician
Victor Mayer Amédée Mannheim | |
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 17 July 1831, Paris France – 11 December 1906, Paris France | |
| Born | Paris, France |
| Died | 11 December 1906 (aged 75) Paris, France |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
Victor Mayer Amédée Mannheim (17 July 1831 in Paris, France – 11 December 1906 in Paris, France) was the inventor of the modern slide rule. Around 1850, he introduced a new scale system that used a runner to perform calculations. This type of slide rule became known under the name of its inventor: the Mannheim.
References
- Computer Museum, Kiel
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Amédée Mannheim", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Mannheim.html.
External links
- Error in Template:Internet Archive author: Amédée Mannheim doesn't exist.
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