History and Flow: 1600 - 1700

By: Juan Carlos Lozano

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1600 - 1700 event 1

1600 William Gilbert coins the term electricity from the Greek word elecktra.

William Gilbert

1600 - 1700 event 2

• 1617 John Napier introduced a system called "Napier’s Bones," made from horn, bone or ivory the device allowed the capability of multiplying by adding numbers and dividing by subtracting.

John Napier

1600 - 1700 event 3

• 1622 The circular slide rule is invented by William Ought red

1600 - 1700 event 4

• 1623 The first known workable mechanical calculating machine is invented by Germany’s Wilhelm Schickard.

1600 - 1700 event 5

• 1642 France’s Blaise Pascal invents a machine, called the Pascaline, that can add, subtract, and carry between digits.

1600 - 1700 event 6

• 1674 Germany’s Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz creates a machine that can add, subtract, multiply and divide automatically.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz

1600 - 1700 event 7

• 1700The first telegraph is built.

telegraph