the ship sank circa 65BC - around the time Pompey married Julius Caesar's daughter
Jones, of NYU, along with his colleagues, published their findings in Almagest
1 posted on
07/02/2016 1:00:21 AM PDT by
blueplum
To: blueplum
2 posted on
07/02/2016 1:34:05 AM PDT by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: blueplum
Caesar named his daughter Jones?
To: blueplum
I have read about this a few years ago, a rather interesting piece. It boggles the mind as to who over two thousand years ago had not only the knowledge to design it along with the skills to machine something like this and what tools were used. Maybe, just maybe there was some influence from something or someone Out there As it s hard to imagine that it was all Home grown
8 posted on
07/02/2016 2:52:11 AM PDT by
saintgermaine
(The Time Traveler)
To: blueplum
I now see the problem with MY neglect to use periods.
10 posted on
07/02/2016 3:03:06 AM PDT by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true ... and it ticks people off)
To: blueplum
The article is decidedly skimpy on photographs.
To: blueplum
Most of the population of Antikythera were wiped out during the Greek civil war in the late 1940’s. When I was there briefly on a ferry stop in 1999 the total population of the island was about 30 - all old.
To: blueplum
It would be cool if someone with an engineering knack would make a working replica of the device.
I’d say to translate the instructions into English, but even if they are translated, most people would probably still think they are written in ancient Greek.
24 posted on
07/02/2016 4:21:40 AM PDT by
exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
To: blueplum
I’m thinking it was used to more accurately predict the tides. That knowledge was a big deal back in the day.
25 posted on
07/02/2016 4:25:26 AM PDT by
exPBRrat
To: blueplum
Did they ever solve the Y1 problem?
To: blueplum
It’s amazing what you can do with geometry.
33 posted on
07/02/2016 5:56:33 AM PDT by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
To: blueplum
What would be classical Greek for “read the effing manual”?
36 posted on
07/02/2016 6:13:35 AM PDT by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: blueplum
Replica - the original has to have been a masterwork requiring years of handwork. One wonders about who commissioned and paid for its construction and why. Was it a rich person's toy, a scholar or religion-based tool or something else.
39 posted on
07/02/2016 6:42:13 AM PDT by
SES1066
(Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
To: blueplum
it says..press control alt delete—bilicus gaticus
41 posted on
07/02/2016 6:55:15 AM PDT by
09Patriot
(your freedom to be you, includes my freedom to be free from you.--Wilkow)
To: blueplum
it says..press control alt delete—bilicus gaticus
42 posted on
07/02/2016 6:55:36 AM PDT by
09Patriot
(your freedom to be you, includes my freedom to be free from you.--Wilkow)
To: SunkenCiv
44 posted on
07/02/2016 7:39:58 AM PDT by
Albion Wilde
(We will no longer surrender this country to the false song of globalism. --Donald Trump)
To: blueplum
An analog computer is still a computer, nonetheless.
48 posted on
07/02/2016 8:36:55 AM PDT by
Company Man
(I say we take off and Trump the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
To: blueplum
56 posted on
07/02/2016 11:15:54 AM PDT by
dfwgator
To: blueplum
A clay tablet keeps popping out of it saying, “Your Windows 10 upgrade is ready!” ;-)
58 posted on
07/02/2016 4:23:01 PM PDT by
r_barton
(GO TRUMP!!!)
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