William Oughtred (5 March 1574 – 30 June 1660), [1 ] also Owtred, Uhtred, etc., was an English mathematician and Anglican clergyman. [2 ] [3 ] [4 ] After John Napier discovered logarithms and Edmund Gunter created the logarithmic scales…
William Oughtred (5. březen 1574, Eton – 30. červen 1660, Albury) byl anglický matematik. Je považován za jednoho z vynálezců logaritmického pravítka (okolo roku 1622). [1 ] Zavedl do matematiky symbol x pro násobení a značky sin a cos pro…
William Oughtred was an English mathematician and Anglican minister who invented the earliest form of the slide rule, two identical linear or circular logarithmic scales held together and adjusted by hand.
William Oughtred's father was the Rev Benjamin Oughtred, a writing-master and 'registrar' at Eton College. We have given William's date of birth as 5 March 1574, and indeed most biographies give this as his date of birth, but in fact it is…
William Oughtred 5 March 1574 – 30 June 1660 was an English mathematician born in Eton.William Oughtred 5 March 1574 – 30 June 1660 was an English mathematician born in Eton. A slide ru.