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The things we have today aren't as new as we like to think. The Antikythera mechanism is a clockwork calculator for astronomical phenomena from 2150 years ago.
by hwillis 9y ago
The things we have today aren't as new as we like to think. The Antikythera mechanism is a clockwork calculator for astronomical phenomena from 2150 years ago. It wasn't surpassed until Babbage.
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoVikings supposedly used polarity of sunlight to determine the suns position through cloud cover. Eg https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20052-vikings-crystal-clear-method-of-navigation/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20052-vikings-crystal....