Modern instruments and methods of calculation : a handbook of the Napier Tercentenary Exhibition (1914)
Horsburg, E. M. (Ellice Martin), Napier Tercentenary Exhibition (1914 : Edinburgh, Scotalnd) · London : G. Bell · leaf 143
posite the figures required ;the control dials el—e1 form a valuable check, since they repeat in astraight line the numbers recorded by the markers e—e. Row of control dials f—f, which show automatically the multiplieror the quotient while the crank is being turned. Row of result dials g—g, which… … knobs are drawn to the ends of their slots and thenbrought back gentlyto their former posi-tions. Carriage - shifterW, which serves toplace the registeringpart of the apparatus(hereafter called the recorder ), com-prising the result andcontrol dials, in oneof the eight possiblepositions. The…
