Multiple choice

Directions: Find the inventor of the following.

Slide rule

  1. William Oughtred

  2. Brequet

  3. Horace Short

  4. P.T. Farnsworth
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Explanation

William Oughtred is credited with inventing the slide rule in the 17th century based on John Napier's work on logarithms.

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