Gold slide

Gold slide

[′gōld ‚slīd]
(engineering)
A slide rule used on British ships to compute barometric corrections and reduction of pressure to sea level; it includes the effects of temperature, latitude, index correction, and barometric height above sea level.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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