Comments on: The Art of Nomography III: Transformations http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/01/09/the-art-of-nomography-iii-transformations/ Lost Art in the Mathematical Sciences Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:20:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: china http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/01/09/the-art-of-nomography-iii-transformations/#comment-148 china Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:53:47 +0000 http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/01/09/the-art-of-nomography-iii-transformations/#comment-148 <p>我非常欣赏您的总结,<br /> 看到您对nomography的总结我很惭愧,<br /> 因为在中国的网业上我从没有看到这样完整的东西</p> <p>我非常感谢你 <em>--- Ron</em><p> 我非常欣赏您的总结,
看到您对nomography的总结我很惭愧,
因为在中国的网业上我从没有看到这样完整的东西

我非常感谢你 — Ron

]]> By: GlenBarnett http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/01/09/the-art-of-nomography-iii-transformations/#comment-56 GlenBarnett Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:33:46 +0000 http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/01/09/the-art-of-nomography-iii-transformations/#comment-56 <p>Or rather, when I followed your link above, it didn’t show the book, nor did it give a link to the book, but by following a couple of links it took me to an online library with the book in two parts as I discuss above. (It’s possible Google is serving us different information when we follow the link.)</p> <em><p>That’s odd---when I click on the link I see the book contents viewed under the “Read this book” tab with a “Download PDF” link to the upper right. Clicking this download link results in a single PDF file that includes the pages that are missing for you. Perhaps Google is reading a cookie of mine to bring me back to where I was. I know there is more than one edition of this book on Google Books---I chose this 1918 edition rather than the 1921 edition because the scan was sharper and the later one looked identical but just part of a book series, so perhaps your search is ending up at a newer edition that isn’t in the public domain yet. In any event, I've read through the Google conditions at the start of the file and there is nothing preventing me from posting the PDF file if I leave in the Google watermarks, so I’ve uploaded it to my website. You can download the 6MB file at the following link (I've updated the link in the post as well):</p> <p>http://www.myreckonings.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Graphical_and_Mechanical_Computation.pdf</p> <p>— Ron</p></em> Or rather, when I followed your link above, it didn’t show the book, nor did it give a link to the book, but by following a couple of links it took me to an online library with the book in two parts as I discuss above. (It’s possible Google is serving us different information when we follow the link.)

That’s odd—when I click on the link I see the book contents viewed under the “Read this book” tab with a “Download PDF” link to the upper right. Clicking this download link results in a single PDF file that includes the pages that are missing for you. Perhaps Google is reading a cookie of mine to bring me back to where I was. I know there is more than one edition of this book on Google Books—I chose this 1918 edition rather than the 1921 edition because the scan was sharper and the later one looked identical but just part of a book series, so perhaps your search is ending up at a newer edition that isn’t in the public domain yet. In any event, I’ve read through the Google conditions at the start of the file and there is nothing preventing me from posting the PDF file if I leave in the Google watermarks, so I’ve uploaded it to my website. You can download the 6MB file at the following link (I’ve updated the link in the post as well):

http://www.myreckonings.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Graphical_and_Mechanical_Computation.pdf

— Ron

]]> By: GlenBarnett http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/01/09/the-art-of-nomography-iii-transformations/#comment-55 GlenBarnett Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:38:25 +0000 http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/01/09/the-art-of-nomography-iii-transformations/#comment-55 <p>I downloaded the Lipka book that you mention in the update at the end.</p> <p>The book is in two parts. The first part - the one that contains the nomography section - is missing 8 pages: p100-103 and p111-114. This is not disastrous, but the missing pages cover some useful cases.</p> I downloaded the Lipka book that you mention in the update at the end.

The book is in two parts. The first part - the one that contains the nomography section - is missing 8 pages: p100-103 and p111-114. This is not disastrous, but the missing pages cover some useful cases.

]]> By: GlenBarnett http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/01/09/the-art-of-nomography-iii-transformations/#comment-53 GlenBarnett Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:43:16 +0000 http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/01/09/the-art-of-nomography-iii-transformations/#comment-53 <p>Hi again Ron. I’ve never seen the Epstein book.</p> <p>Is it possible to give a rough outline of what was involved in the nonprojective transformations you refer to? I suspect it’s not feasible to do so here, but I figured it couldn’t hurt to ask.</p> <p><em>Glen and I have corresponded on this topic since this comment was posted, and I have looked in more detail at using the Weierstrass' Elliptic Functions to create a nomogram. I've posted a new essay describing this at http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/02/24/a-zoomorphic-nomogram/. --- Ron</em></p> Hi again Ron. I’ve never seen the Epstein book.

Is it possible to give a rough outline of what was involved in the nonprojective transformations you refer to? I suspect it’s not feasible to do so here, but I figured it couldn’t hurt to ask.

Glen and I have corresponded on this topic since this comment was posted, and I have looked in more detail at using the Weierstrass’ Elliptic Functions to create a nomogram. I’ve posted a new essay describing this at http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/02/24/a-zoomorphic-nomogram/. — Ron

]]> By: glenbarnett http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/01/09/the-art-of-nomography-iii-transformations/#comment-50 glenbarnett Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:16:42 +0000 http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/01/09/the-art-of-nomography-iii-transformations/#comment-50 <p>Fantastic summary of nomography. Thanks.<br /> All I can say is - if you have any more, please put it up.</p> <em><p>Thanks, Glen. There's nothing in the queue for nomography at the moment, but I'm continuing to look into designing them for particular uses. I suspect there will be another post on nomography in the future, but not for a couple of months at best. --- Ron</p></em> Fantastic summary of nomography. Thanks.
All I can say is - if you have any more, please put it up.

Thanks, Glen. There’s nothing in the queue for nomography at the moment, but I’m continuing to look into designing them for particular uses. I suspect there will be another post on nomography in the future, but not for a couple of months at best. — Ron

]]> By: George & Barb http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/01/09/the-art-of-nomography-iii-transformations/#comment-9 George & Barb Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:48:38 +0000 http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/01/09/the-art-of-nomography-iii-transformations/#comment-9 Ron, I understand every word of this, but George doesn't. Wonderful work. Barb Ron,

I understand every word of this, but George doesn’t. Wonderful work.

Barb

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