Victor Mayer Amédée Mannheim
Born(1831-07-17)17 July 1831
Paris, France
Died11 December 1906(1906-12-11) (aged 75)
Paris, France
Known forInventing modern slide rule
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics

Victor Mayer Amédée Mannheim (17 July 1831 11 December 1906) 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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