Amédée Mannheim

Victor Mayer Amédée Mannheim
17 July 1831, Paris France – 11 December 1906, Paris France
Born (1831-07-17)17 July 1831
Paris, France
Died 11 December 1906(1906-12-11) (aged 75)
Paris, France
Residence 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 .
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