COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Abacus
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Slide Rule
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Pascaline
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Arithmometer
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Detailed explanation-1: -English mathematician and clergyman Reverend William Oughtred and others developed the slide rule in the 17th century based on the emerging work on logarithms by John Napier. Before the advent of the scientific pocket calculator, it was the most commonly used calculation tool in science and engineering.
Detailed explanation-2: -1621-The Sliderule Napier invented logarithms, Edmund Gunter invented the logarithmic scales (lines etched on metal or wood), but it was William Oughtred, in England who invented the sliderule.
Detailed explanation-3: -William Oughtred made the first slide rule by inscribing logarithms on wood or ivory. Before the invention of the pocket or handheld calculator, the slide rule was a popular tool for calculations.