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Beautiful phyiscal model of the Antikythera Mechanism

• jmah 16y ago
  ... where "The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient mechanical computer designed to calculate astronomical positions. [...] It is now thought to have been built about 150–100 BCE." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism
• Luyt 16y ago
  Also a related interested read: http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4184 http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4184 "... Most archaeologists agree that this particular device was neither unique nor the first of its kind. Two factors contribute to this: First, its design is quite refined, which is not consistent with a prototype. Second, an object as expensive and complex as this would typically be made in a series in order to recover the costs of design. Why, then, are its siblings not found? ..."
• joshu 16y ago
  btw the process of imaging the antikythera mechanism using the PTM stuff from HP is ALSO fascinating. http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/ptm/antikythera_mechanism/index.html http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/ptm/antikythera_mechanism/ind...