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Gears from the Greeks

Gears from the Greeks

The Antikythera Mechanism -- a Calendar Computer from Ca. 80 B.C., Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 64, Part 7)

by Derek de Solla Price
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Publication Date: 01/01/1974

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The first great discovery in underwater archaeology yielded not only a fine collection of art treasures but also the most enigmatic, most complicated piece of scientific machinery known from antiquity. This artifact is now identified as an astronomical or calendrical calculating device involving a very sophisticated arrangement of more than thirty gear-wheels.
ISBN:
9780871696472
9780871696472
Category:
Ancient history: to c 500 CE
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-01-1974
Publisher:
American Philosophical Society Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
277
Dimensions (mm):
279x210x4mm
Weight:
0.18kg

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