Talk:Physics Calculator

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  • Order-of-magnitude sliders. Years ago I did a web demo presenting F=ma as three linked vertical order-of-magnitude scales. Or was it Fmavt? My fuzzy recollection is the scales were annotated. So you could do imaginary perfect "hand crank" driving "single cell" to splatter relativistically. I found, even having done oom games with the units before, that playing yielded fun surprises. It looks like the demo dropped off the web sometime over the years. I can dig it up if there is interest. But it's quite straightforward. MitchellNCharity 15:59, 18 May 2007 (EDT)