Amédée Mannheim
Appearance
Victor Mayer Amédée Mannheim | |
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Born | Paris, France | 17 July 1831
Died | 11 December 1906 Paris, France | (aged 75)
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