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A simple apparatus for producing a logarithmic time-scale

Authors :
C J Nederveen
Source :
Journal of Scientific Instruments. 40:32-33
Publication Year :
1963
Publisher :
IOP Publishing, 1963.

Abstract

A device is described with which an axial rotation can be obtained proportional to the logarithm of the time over an arbitrary number of decades. The main parts of the apparatus are a synchronous motor, a mechanical counter and two gear-wheels with variable radii.

Subjects

Subjects :
Physics
Mechanical counter
Scale (ratio)
Logarithm
Simple (abstract algebra)
Mathematical analysis
General Medicine
Axial rotation
Physics::Classical Physics
Synchronous motor
Variable (mathematics)

Details

ISSN :
09507671
Volume :
40
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Scientific Instruments
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........f40fd7b8355e668e77992cd7fce38032

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