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The Antikythera Mechanism: A Computer From 100 BC
Thirty surviving bronze gears that predicted eclipses, tracked four calendar cycles and modelled the moon’s variable speed. Nothing comparable appears again for 1,400 years.
Thirty surviving bronze gears that predicted eclipses, tracked four calendar cycles and modelled the moon’s variable speed. Nothing comparable appears again for 1,400 years.