计算机取代了计算尺.

The computer has supplanted the <em>slide</em> <em>rule</em>.

一个简便的事例是用袖珍计算器代替计算尺。

One handy example is the replacement of the <em>slide</em> <em>rule</em> by the pocket calculator .

1622年发明计算尺的英国数学家威廉·奥特雷德在萨里郡奥尔伯里逝世。

William Oughtred, English mathematician who invented the <em>slide</em> <em>rule</em> in 1622, died at Albury in Surrey.

1622年发明计算尺的英国数学家威廉·奥特雷德在萨里郡奥尔伯里逝世.

William Oughtred , English mathematician who invented the <em>slide</em> <em>rule</em> in 1622 , died at Albury in Surrey.

手算和用计算尺进行计算的日子远去了，但计算机的存在让你依然有对数学的需要。

Gone are the days of calculating by hand and with <em>slide</em> <em>rule</em>s, but the existence of computers does not free you from the need to understand math.

同时，以实例具体说明这种专用计算尺的实际应用。

Examples are given in detail for its practical applications.