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To: gibsonguy

You want to see something really fascinating, a guy on YouTube is reproducing the Antikythera Mechanism using the same ancient techniques.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML4tw_UzqZE&list=PLZioPDnFPNsHnyxfygxA0to4RXv4_jDU2

9 posted on 10/06/2017 8:17:56 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)

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To: Yo-Yo

Amen to that! Got to see a reproduction of what they knew it to be (at least as of 2002) in the NAWCC Museum... Totally cool!

10 posted on 10/06/2017 8:21:21 AM PDT by SparkyBass

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To: Yo-Yo

What is a marvel to me is that they could get all those hand-cut gears to mesh without jamming. One mistake anywhere in all those cuts and it was Game Over.

13 posted on 10/06/2017 9:29:36 AM PDT by Oatka

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