drhydro Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 The Antikythera First, view http://www.nature.com/nature/videoarchive/antikythera/ ...then take a look at Tatjana van Vark's work, http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/antikythera/index.html And then- but only if you have the time to get utterly lost in the mind of one of the most amazing people on this planet, go to http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 The Antikythera First, view http://www.nature.com/nature/videoarchive/antikythera/ ...then take a look at Tatjana van Vark's work, http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/antikythera/index.html And then- but only if you have the time to get utterly lost in the mind of one of the most amazing people on this planet, go to http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/index.html Mrs. van Vark seems to be quite a physics expert and a briliant instrument maker. Amazing work! And many pieces that should be considered art work, as there is little possibility of practical use in these days. The mechanical bombing target computer is an incredible machinery and the only reason to rebuild that thing is that it is an amazing masterpiece of engineering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 (edited) I just read some info about the antikythera device and I must say that story is really amazing. Due to the scales on the dial and the astronomical constellations at that time the production year of the dial was dated to 82 years B.C. and it seems that it was a complex mechanical computer that gave very detailed information about the movements of sun, moon, and the 5 planets known in the ancient world at that time, including dates when the sun was covered by the moon. It was found that the device even calculated the time between sunrise and sundown for every day and it was designed to cover a period of 1400 years. There are ancient texts that support the assumption that the original design for this device dates back to Archimedes of Syrakus who died 212 B.C. This complex device might have even allowed to calculate tables for celestial navigation? Considering that this thing was built some 2100 years before our days it makes me wonder what this ancient culture would have achieved if history had allowed. A basic wristwatch seems to be a primitive toy compared to this thing... Edited August 5, 2008 by Fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
its_urabus Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 they should send it up to The Zigmeister, im sure he could fix it and give it a lume job to boot.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightstroker Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 I saw this youtube video and remembered this thread from earlier in the year, so I thought i'd add a little something to it. Hard to believe that astronomers from 2000 years ago were able to create something this amazing by just looking up in the sky.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krayfish Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 they should send it up to The Zigmeister, im sure he could fix it and give it a lume job to boot.... LMAO! I just watched the whole lot, its pretty unreal how old that is! Just goes to show how much technology was lost by the romans and Greeks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightstroker Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 True that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krayfish Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 True that! Love that avatar.......got a bigger version anywhere? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Considering that this thing was built some 2100 years before our days it makes me wonder what this ancient culture would have achieved if history had allowed. If history had allowed? It did and the ancient culture you're talking about gave us civilisation. A basic wristwatch seems to be a primitive toy compared to this thing... Not a hope. The escapement is considerably more advanced than this mechanism. The Antikythera Mechanism is to the Astrolabe what a ship's chronometer is to a clock tower. Yes, it's very, very clever indeed, but it's nowhere near as advanced as the Turing-Welchman bombe or the Difference Engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightstroker Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Love that avatar.......got a bigger version anywhere? lol Heres the best I could do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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