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<p><a href="page.php?w=Image%3AParallel_Scale_Nomogram.svg">thumb</a>A <b>nomogram</b> , also called a <b>nomograph</b>, <b>alignment chart</b>, or <b>abac</b>, is a graphical <a href="page.php?w=Analog_computer">calculating device</a>, a two-dimensional diagram designed to allow the approximate graphical computation of a <a href="page.php?w=Function_%28mathematics%29">mathematical function</a>. The field of nomography was invented in 1884 by the French engineer <a href="page.php?w=Philbert_Maurice_d%27Ocagne">Philbert Maurice d'Ocagne</a> (1862-1938)</p><p>
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