Comments on: A Zoomorphic Nomogram http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/02/24/a-zoomorphic-nomogram/ Lost Art in the Mathematical Sciences Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:48:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Joe Marasco http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/02/24/a-zoomorphic-nomogram/#comment-624 Joe Marasco Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:20:09 +0000 http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/02/24/a-zoomorphic-nomogram/#comment-624 <p>I have added two additional nomograms to my site (http://www.barbecuejoe.com/scan.htm). Your readers may find them interesting. </p> <p>One is a nomogram that enables consumers to choose between two different fuels, each of which has a different number of miles per gallon and price. </p> <p>The second one is a special purpose nomogram for race car drivers over a specific race course. It allows them to instantly compute how much time they will have to make up for a part of the course where they must reduce their average speed. Of course, that nomogram is useful for constructing "flight plans," rather than being used in real time!</p> <p>All nomograms can be viewed on my site and also printed out.</p> <em><p>Thanks, Joe! They look great and they are really nice examples of modern uses of nomograms.</p> <p>It's interesting that you created a mileage nomogram. I released a software application this summer to print a foldable, pocket-sized paper organizer (see <a href="http://www.plansunfolding.com" rel="nofollow">here</a>). It supports scripts for custom minipages, and I created one for tabulating mileages that also includes a simple nomogram for calculating the mileage. You can see a screenshot <a href="http://www.myreckonings.com/galleries/displayimage.php?album=4&pos=1" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and you can see a higher-resolution version of it by clicking on the image. The user enters the fill-up amount and a mileage range into the script, which calculates the distance scale range and draws the nomogram. I also created a custom Expenses minipage found <a href="http://www.myreckonings.com/galleries/displayimage.php?album=4&pos=3" rel="nofollow">here</a> that includes a tax or tip calculator.</p> <p>Thanks again, Joe, and if you create any more nomograms please let us know. There are very few artisans of this craft today, so it's a pleasure to see new ones created. --- Ron</p></em> I have added two additional nomograms to my site (http://www.barbecuejoe.com/scan.htm). Your readers may find them interesting.

One is a nomogram that enables consumers to choose between two different fuels, each of which has a different number of miles per gallon and price.

The second one is a special purpose nomogram for race car drivers over a specific race course. It allows them to instantly compute how much time they will have to make up for a part of the course where they must reduce their average speed. Of course, that nomogram is useful for constructing “flight plans,” rather than being used in real time!

All nomograms can be viewed on my site and also printed out.

Thanks, Joe! They look great and they are really nice examples of modern uses of nomograms.

It’s interesting that you created a mileage nomogram. I released a software application this summer to print a foldable, pocket-sized paper organizer (see here). It supports scripts for custom minipages, and I created one for tabulating mileages that also includes a simple nomogram for calculating the mileage. You can see a screenshot here, and you can see a higher-resolution version of it by clicking on the image. The user enters the fill-up amount and a mileage range into the script, which calculates the distance scale range and draws the nomogram. I also created a custom Expenses minipage found here that includes a tax or tip calculator.

Thanks again, Joe, and if you create any more nomograms please let us know. There are very few artisans of this craft today, so it’s a pleasure to see new ones created. — Ron

]]> By: Joe Marasco http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/02/24/a-zoomorphic-nomogram/#comment-335 Joe Marasco Wed, 07 May 2008 16:43:11 +0000 http://myreckonings.com/wordpress/2008/02/24/a-zoomorphic-nomogram/#comment-335 <p>Have a look at http://www.barbecuejoe.com/scan.htm. You may be amused by the nomograph I constructed, which is referenced at the very bottom of this web page.</p> <p>Thanks.</p> <p>Joe</p> <p><em>Thank you, Joe! I had indeed seen your impressive nomogram when I was preparing the original series of essays. In fact it was the first one I had ever seen that uses the tangent to a curve to draw an isopleth. Glen Barnett and I shared some email on it and spent some time figuring out that's done. Since then I've found some reference to tangent alignments in Otto's book "Nomography" and then recently I found a whole chapter on tangent line alignment in Fasal's book also titled "Nomography" (where he uses the acronym TLA and presents it in detail mostly for the next chapter when he uses it to create his universal nomogram for vector calculations). I haven't had an opportunity yet to explore this technique and post something on it, so I appreciate you taking the time to bring this nomogram to the attention of readers here. --- Ron</em</p> Have a look at http://www.barbecuejoe.com/scan.htm. You may be amused by the nomograph I constructed, which is referenced at the very bottom of this web page.

Thanks.

Joe

Thank you, Joe! I had indeed seen your impressive nomogram when I was preparing the original series of essays. In fact it was the first one I had ever seen that uses the tangent to a curve to draw an isopleth. Glen Barnett and I shared some email on it and spent some time figuring out that’s done. Since then I’ve found some reference to tangent alignments in Otto’s book “Nomography” and then recently I found a whole chapter on tangent line alignment in Fasal’s book also titled “Nomography” (where he uses the acronym TLA and presents it in detail mostly for the next chapter when he uses it to create his universal nomogram for vector calculations). I haven’t had an opportunity yet to explore this technique and post something on it, so I appreciate you taking the time to bring this nomogram to the attention of readers here. — Ron

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