Amédée Mannheim

Victor Mayer Amédée Mannheim
Born (1831-07-17)July 17, 1831
Paris, France
Died December 11, 1906(1906-12-11) (aged 75)
Paris, France
Residence France
Fields Mathematics

Victor Mayer Amédée Mannheim (17 July 1831, Paris, France 11 December 1906, Paris, France) was the inventor of the modern slide rule. Around 1850, he introduced a new scale system that used a runner to perform calculations. This type of slide rule became known under the name of its inventor: the Mannheim.

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