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The lengths we have to go to (sh.itjust.works)
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[โ€“] sznio@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've heard of people printing out charts, then cutting out the part they wanted to calculate an integral of, then weighing the paper.

[โ€“] siipale@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

I've heard of it too. You would need an analytical balance to get accurate measurements weighing a piece of paper. Just cut out the part you want to take an integral of, then cut out a piece of paper with known size (or cut several pieces with different sizes to get more accurate results) and weigh each of them. I guess this used to be cheaper and faster than using computers when computers were big and expensive.