Computer history - 1600's
| Year | Event |
| 1600 | William Gilbert coins the term electricity from the Greek word elecktra. |
| 1617 | John Napier introduced a system called "Napiers Bones," made from horn, bone or ivory the device allowed the capability of multiplying by adding numbers and dividing by subtracting. |
| 1622 | The circular slide rule is invented by William Oughtred. |
| 1623 | The first known workable mechanical calculating machine is invented by Germanys Wilhelm Schickard. |
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1632 | William Oughtred of Cambridge
combines two Gunter rules to make a device that resembles today's
slide rule. |
| 1642 | Frances Blaise Pascal invents a machine, called the Pascaline, that can add, subtract, and carry between digits. |
| 1674 | Germanys Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz creates a machine that can add, subtract, multiply and divide automatically. |
1500's - Computer
History - 1700's
