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Re:Nomogram by sxp on Sunday August 31, 2014 @02:55PM (#8250049)
I'm a fan of the Project Rho page on Nomograms which has detailed examples of nomograms for spaceflight: http://www.projectrho.com/nomogram/index.html

The site also had a bunch of interesting information on analog computing in the context of spaceflight:http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/astrodeck.php

Re:Nomogram by TeMPOraL on Sunday August 31, 2014 @04:33PM (#8250287)
This is awesome. Now I'm adding to my TODO list to figure out what kind of calculations I tend to do often (things like intrest rates), and design&print nomograms for them.
Re:Nomogram by jaidev on Sunday August 31, 2014 @07:25PM (#8250829)
I recommend looking at the Pynomo package, which also has some great examples: http://pynomo.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
Re:Nomogram by wtbob on Sunday August 31, 2014 @05:46PM (#8250474)
I use one for homebrewing: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/books-media/software/beer...

It's a great technique. Faster than a calculator or computer program, and satisfyingly physical too.

Re:Nomogram by greenyoda on Sunday August 31, 2014 @09:53PM (#8251197)
The device in that picture has movable scales, so it's really a slide rule[1], not a nomogram.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule

Re:Nomogram by jacobolus on Sunday August 31, 2014 @09:56PM (#8251204)
Re:Nomogram by abhgh on Monday September 01, 2014 @11:53AM (#8253418)
Nomograms were one of my favorite topics during undergrad (engg)!