It looks like the same language and layout used in the The Next Generation Technical Manual and now I wonder how much of that was just lifted from the continuity bible they created to help make the show.

FYI this type visual chart is called a nomogram, and they’re a precursor to modern calculators.

They also form the basis of mechanical computers.

In the naked now didn't Wesley 'invent' the pushing tractor beam?

I am truly disappointed in myself for having misplaced my copy of this book somewhere over the last 30ish years.

I vividly remember poring over the pages during winter break.

There was another similar one I got afterwards, but I can't find that one either!

I'll have to see if this is in the officially published edition, but I'm currently at my dorm and both my Tech Manuals are at home.

One I bought in a used book shop in Sedona, and the other I got with a big load of Trek books that someone gave away back in 2025.

But how do you create a feedback loop