To: Perdogg
The device was based on the geocentric model, which believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
5 posted on
09/25/2009 4:27:19 PM PDT by
jonrick46
(The Obama Administration is a blueprint for Fabian Socialism.)
To: jonrick46
The device was based on the geocentric model, which believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.The Antikythera mechanism is an amazingly sophisticated calculator. It performs very complex calculations. One of its functions was to calculate the times to hold the Olympic games. It also calculated eclipses of the sun and moon.
8 posted on
09/25/2009 5:23:50 PM PDT by
stripes1776
("That if gold rust, what shall iron do?" --Chaucer)
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