I've used many types of calculators before but never have I seen an astronomical calculator, not to mention a 2,000 year-old one! It seems that an international team of researchers have unraveled much of remaining mystery of this calculator, which is indeed amazing!Results of a high-tech research project to be released next week promise to finally unravel much of the remaining mystery of a 2,000-year-old astronomical calculator.
It has taken some of the most advanced technology of the 21st century to decipher during the past year the most advanced technology of the 1st century B.C.
No artifact this complex has been recovered from the ancient world, though there are numerous written references, by Greek and later by Arab writers, to different types of geared mechanisms. The level of mechanical sophistication found in the Antikythera Mechanism was not to be seen again until the rise of European clock-making during the Middle Ages, more than a millennium later.
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Tags: Antikythera Mechanism | Astronomical Calculator | Geared Wheels | Mystery
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