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Keep a slide rule in your kitchen drawer for scaling recipes

Forget apps and smart displays. The most elegant kitchen calculator is a mechanical device from the 1600s. Entropic Thoughts ...

US job openings slide to 14-month low; hiring weak in November

U.S. job openings dropped to a 14-month low in November while hiring resumed its sluggish tone, pointing to ebbing demand for ...
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On the Invention of the Slide Rule 1

SOME modern writers attribute the invention of the rectilinear slide rule to Edmund Gunter, others to William Oughtred, but most of them to Edmund Wingate. This disagreement is due mainly to lack of ...
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Understanding the Three-Day Cancellation Rule: Your Right to Rescind

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Doretha Clemons, Ph.D., MBA, PMP, has ...