Q1142
The first mechanical calculating machine was made by
A.
William Oughtred
B.
Gottfried Leibnitz
C.
Blaise Pascal
AnswerD.
Charles Babbage
E.
None of the above
Answer: Option C
Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Pascaline, also called Arithmetic Machine, the first calculator or adding machine to be produced in any quantity and actually used. The Pascaline was designed and built by the French mathematician-philosopher Blaise Pascal between 1642 and 1644.