Amédée Mannheim

Victor Mayer Amédée Mannheim
Born	(1831-07-17)17 July 1831 Paris, France
Died	11 December 1906(1906-12-11) (aged 75) Paris, France
Known for	Inventing modern slide rule
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics

Victor Mayer Amédée Mannheim (17 July 1831 – 11 December 1906) 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.

References

• Computer Museum, Kiel
• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Amédée Mannheim", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews

External links

• Works by or about Amédée Mannheim at Internet Archive