Richard Tracy Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 I was wondering when this device was going to be understood... http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/11/30/a...reut/index.html Amazing !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eunomians Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Amazing article - great post. There was a brief sequence on some History Channel show a few months ago about this machine. The actual show theme was about the library at Alexandria. They went through various inventions that were 'conceived' or at least documented in the that great library. One of the items was this calculator. Apparently, it was used to calculate distances, perform trigonometric additions for architectual purposes, astronomical calculations, etc. Fascinating. It's a damn shame that Marcus Antoninus set that library ablaze to flush out Julius Ceasar. The world would've been ultra different if that blaze did not destroy 99.9% of the ancient canon of literature. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 That device was mentioned in the book "The Last Templer" and the greek isle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystix Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 (edited) WHAT?! That replica is an infringment and should be confiscated!! Edited November 30, 2006 by mystix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Greeks... Please don't feel bad that we are smarter than you... It's in our genes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertk Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 If they could design and build this, what else could they do?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TTK Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Ok...I want one .....which dealer carries this model.....and who's got the best Antikythera.....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronus Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Only one device was found... maybe it was a prototype (and the ship sank so no more made!) or a very limited run. Highly collectible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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