Around 1622 William Oughtred, an Anglican minister in England, placed two sliding wooden logarithmic scales next to each other and created the first slide rule.

• 1622年左右，英格兰圣公会牧师奥特雷德（WilliamOughtred）将两把可滑动的木制对数尺并排放置，制作出史上首支计算尺，数年后他又制作了圆形计算尺。