carrying capacity
carrying capacity Symbol
K. The maximum population of a particular species that can be supported indefinitely by a given habitat or area without damage to the environment. It can be manipulated by human intervention. For example, the carrying capacity for grazing mammals could be increased by boosting the yield of their grassland habitat by the application of fertilizer. See also
K selection.
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Slide rules of the stanley rule & level company and other American makers
Magazine article from: The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association, Inc.; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Easily Performed by a Two Foot Rule that Slides to a Foot. Since...calculations. Coggeshall's hinged rule with a slide in one arm was...in 1808 of the engineers' slide rule by Joshua Routledge (1773...design and began producing rules of boxwood with brass hinges and ...
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The UK's largest public exhibition of slide rules unveiled at The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park; Between the abacus and the computer came the slide rule.
M2 Presswire; 2/19/2009; 700+ words
; ...public exhibition of slide rules unveiled at The National...computer came the slide rule(C)1994-2009 M2...The diversity of slide rules, the analogue predecessors...Photographic Interpreters' slide rule made by Blundell...the logarithm, slide rules were in ...
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Retired Space Engineer Takes the Measure of an Era / Slide rules shouldn't lose place in history, Palo Alto collector says.
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 8/28/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...looking boys clutching slide rules. "Nowadays, most...them what a slide rule is," says Otnes...drove the big slide rule manufacturers out...Otnes collects slide rules, has hundreds of...to ensure that the slide rule's place in history...people using ...
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UCSD professor resurrects the lost art of slide rules: modern students discover magic of calculators without batteries.(Joe Pasquale)
Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal; 3/10/2003; ; 700+ words
; Joe Pasquale used the same slide rule all through high school and...professor gave up his slide rule, a device for figuring mathematical...aside the familiar old yellow rule. "It's a very personal tool...discover the magic of slide rules. So he recently brought back...
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Slide rules rule!(Stress Relief)
Magazine article from: Advanced Materials & Processes; 10/1/2004; 612 words
; ...alumni, have added their slide rules to a new exhibit at their...in time when the slide rule was king," says Dr...collecting the slide rules from alumni 15 years...about the history of slide rules, recounting how...invent the first slide rule. The display ...
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 "Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK)")
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State Concerns: Water-Slide Rules: State inspection lacking: But after a recent collapse at a Big Splash ride, state officials may require it for water slides.
Newspaper article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK); 6/17/2007; 700+ words
; ...was not covered by its rules. "In the rules, we have very little...considering changing department rules to include inspection of water slides' structural integrity...updated to encompass slide structures. We're...regularly inspect water slides, spokespeople with both...
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 "South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)")
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THE SLIDE RULES.
Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL); 8/24/2006; 700+ words
; ...Electric Slide, the Cha-Cha Slide and ... the Quarterback Slide? It's not quite as popular...quarterback to get down. So he slides. The slide's drawbacks? Too many can...slide is right "The basic rule is: Get what you can and slide...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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SLIDE RULES USED SINCE 1600S.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 12/31/1989; 376 words
; Slide rules have aided engineers...10-inch slide rule quickly calculates...different parts of the rule. The device used...Britannica. Slide rules have been adapted...common specialized rules, according to...circular slide rule used by pilots...
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FOR CURATOR, SLIDE RULES ARE CUTTING EDGE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/10/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...relic of Nerd-dom to many, the slide rule is "one of the most technologically...Museum. And with nearly 1,000 slide rules in her collection ranging from a 6-foot-tall "teaching" slide rule to a hand-held aviation version...
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Slide rules OK when you doni?1/2t have a PC.(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Personal Computer World; 3/19/2009; ; 539 words
; Byline: Clive Akass Slide rules OK when you don't have a PC When...of analogue computer, though. The slide rule was then (early 1960s) around 340...This picture shows a 1901 Farmar's slide rule, held by Colin Barnes of the...
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Slide Rule
Book article from: Mathematics
...less common circular slide rules that worked on...logarithms . In fact, slide rules were invented specifically...and 225 using a slide rule, first find log 10 3...However, the use of slide rules declined rapidly after...Hopp, Peter M. Slide Rules: Their ...
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slide rule
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
slide rule instrument for making numerical...may be performed with a slide rule. Based on John Napier's principle...logarithmic scale in 1620. Gunter's rule consisted of a straight line...c.1630) the first slide rules. Amédé...
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Slide Rule's Inventor
Book article from: Computer Sciences
SLIDE RULE'S INVENTOR English mathematician William Oughtred (1574 – 1660) is credited with developing the first slide rule c. 1630. Around the same time, he assembled a book on mathematics called...
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Analog Computing
Book article from: Computer Sciences
...numerical values. For example, the slide rule uses distance to represent the logarithms...mechanical digital computer. The slide rule could do any common mathematical...interesting characteristic of the slide rule was the device actually added and...
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Delamain, Richard
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...priority in the invention of the circular slide rule, which Delamain described in his...Oughtred had invented the rectilinear slide rule as early as 1622, but his Circles...contained a description of the circular slide rule, was not made public until 1632...
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