Cube Slide Rule app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Angel Genov
First release : 18 Dec 2010
App size: 7.29 Mb
The slide rule (also known as slipstick) is an mechanical analog computer which can perform various scientific calculations. It consist of three linear strips and a sliding cursor and is used for multiplication, division, square, cube, square root, cubic root, trigonometry, logarithm and so on. Slide rules were used for many of years and in some regards can be much more useful than digital calculators.
The CubeSlideRule is an implementation of a 10 inch Duplex Log-Log Slide Rule with scales:
T1, T2, K1, A [B, B1, K2, CF, CI, C] D, P, S, ST
LL00, LL01, LL02, A [B, LL03, L, LL, LL3, C] D, LL2, LL1, LL0
These special combinations of scales are developed according to the best practices of the famous slide rule manufactures.
The high quality graphics makes it indistinguishable with a real mechanical slide rule, especially on devices equipped with Retina Display.
It can be used as a mechanical slide rule replacement in real engineering calculations.
Also is very useful as an educational tool for courser in mathematics.
A simple user manual with short description of the scales is included.