alleryStart learning →A teenager named Blaise Pascal invented what in the 1640s?
AA small radio receiver
BA glowing electric lamp
CA mechanical calculator
DA moving steam train
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. A mechanical calculator
Pascal built a mechanical calculator, later called the Pascaline, to add numbers with gears.
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