IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a two-foot, two-fold boxwood ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This ten-inch, one-sided wooden slide ...

It was the only technological tool widely and continuously used for over three centuries. For math and science geeks it was a badge of honor, nestled neatly into a plastic pocket protector along with ...

There was a time not that long ago when every type of engineer had a slide rule. But the advent of semiconductor technology and the creation of handheld computers made the slide rule obsolete. Or did ...

Used by engineers for centuries, they were displaced by pocket calculators and all but forgotten until Mr. Shawlee created a subculture of obsessives and cornered the market. By Alex Traub For about ...

In our most recent 5 Engineers post — part of this blog and our Fun Friday newsletter, where we toss out a question and invite our audience to respond with their wittiest answers — we asked: What’s ...

In 1966 I went to Leeds University to study Electrical and Electronic Engineering. At an introductory lecture from the Professor, we were told we would need a slide rule for the course. It was ...