Slide rule for solving equations

Claim 1

A SLIDE RULE FOR SOLVING ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS COMPRISING BASE PLATE MEANS HAVING HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL AXES REPRESENTED THEREON, A LINEAR SCALE BEING DRAWN ALONG EACH OF SAID AXES TO REPRESENT "X" AND FUNCTIONS OF "X" RESPECTIVELY, FIRST AND SECOND TRANSPARENT HORIZONTAL SLIDER MEANS SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID BASE PLATE MEANS FOR MOVEMENT PARALLEL TO SAID VERTICAL AXIS, ONE OF SAID AFOREMENTIONED MEANS HAVING A CURVE DRAWN THEREON TO REPRESENT THE LOG OF SAID FUNCTIONS OF "X" A THIRD TRANSPARENT SLIDER MEANS SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FIRST SLIDER MEANS FOR MOVEMENT PARALLEL TO SAID HORIZONTAL AXIS, SAID THIRD SLIDER MEANS HAVING A SCALE THEREON REPRESENTING THE LOG OF AN INTEGRAL POWER OF "X" GREATER THAN 1, WHEREBY IN ACHIEVING A SOLUTION TO AN EQUATION, LINES ARE DRAWN ON SAID BASE PLATE MEANS BETWEEN THE AXES TO REPRESENT LINEAR FACTORS OF THE EQUATION, ONE OF THE HORIZONTAL SLIDER MEANS IS POSITIONED TO INTERSECT THE LINES SO DRAWN, THE OTHER OF THE HORIZONTAL SLIDER MEANS IS POSITIONED TO RELATE THE CURVE TO THE INTERSECTIONS OBTAINED WITH SAID ONE OF THE HORIZONTAL SLIDER MEANS, AND THE THIRD SLIDER MEANS IS POSITIONED TO OBTAIN A READING ON ITS SCALE CORRESPONDING TO THE READING OBTAINED BETWEEN SAID ONE OF THE HORIZONTAL SLIDER MEANS AND THE LINEAR SCALE REPRESENTING "X."