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Antikythera mechanism
From: Jackson McDonald
Date: 2016 Oct 17, 14:19 +0000
From: Jackson McDonald
Date: 2016 Oct 17, 14:19 +0000
Today I had an opportunity to see the Antikythera mechanism at the National Archeological Museum in Athens. It is an astounding analogue computer dating back about 2000 years. It is far more technically sophisticated than archeologists thought possible for that period. Here is a link to a Wikipedia article: > > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism There are also several documentaries (of varying quality) about the Antikythera mechanism on YouTube describing how it was recovered from an ancient shipwreck and how scientists struggled for decades to understand is purpose and internal workings. Fascinating stuff! JMcD
