Gunter's scale

English Etymology thumb|A drawing of a Gunter’s scale (right, marked “Fig. 35”).n n1 From E[phraim] Chambers Ephraim Chambers Cyclopædia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences;Containing the Definitions of the Terms, and Accounts of the Things Signify’d thereby, in the Several Arts, both Liberal and Mechanical, and the Several Sciences, Human and Divine: [...] In Two Volumes. London Printed for James and John Knapton [et al.] 1728 II plate between pages 252 and 253 https://archive.org/details/gri_33125011134307/page/n906/mode/1up 951657352. From en Gunter -'s scale, from the surname of its inventor, the English clergyman, geometer, and mathematician Edmund Gunter (1581–1628). Pronunciation en /ˌɡʌntəz ˈskeɪl/ /ˌɡʊn-/ RP en /ˌɡʌntɚz ˈskeɪl/ [-ɾɚz-] GA en eɪl 3 en Gun ter's scale Noun A wooden rule, two feet long, on one side of which is marked scales of equal parts, of chords, sines, tangents, rhombs, etc., and on the other side scales of logarithms of these various parts, by means of which many problems in navigation and surveying may be solved mechanically, using only divides. en Gunter's rule Related terms en Gunter's chain Gunter's line Gunter's proportion Gunter's quadrant Gunter's rule Notes n Gunter's scale en eponyms