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QWho invented the slide rule?

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  • A Giovanni Plana ✔ ✖
  • B Pierre Jaquet-Droz ✔ ✖
  • C Sir William Thomson ✔ ✖
  • D William Oughtred ✔ ✖
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Explanation: The slide rule was invented around 1620-1630 by the English clergyman William Oughtred, shortly after the publication of the concept of the logarithm.

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