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.
Made....in....china
Caesar named his daughter Jones?
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”
I now see the problem with MY neglect to use periods.
The article is decidedly skimpy on photographs.
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.
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.
I’m thinking it was used to more accurately predict the tides. That knowledge was a big deal back in the day.
Did they ever solve the Y1 problem?
It’s amazing what you can do with geometry.
What would be classical Greek for “read the effing manual”?
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.
it says..press control alt delete—bilicus gaticus
it says..press control alt delete—bilicus gaticus
Ping!
An analog computer is still a computer, nonetheless.
It ran on Windows 65BC.
A clay tablet keeps popping out of it saying, “Your Windows 10 upgrade is ready!” ;-)