The Antikythera Mechanism: an ancient Greek machine
https://the-past.com/feature/the-antikythera-mechanism-an-ancient-greek-machine-rewriting-the-history-of-technology/
From the beginning, the Mechanism generated controversy, with fierce arguments about whether it was an astrolabe for tracking the stars or a navigation device. Both proved to be wrong, but uncovering the machine’s secrets would be a long and difficult detective story, peppered with major mistakes as well as surprising progress. The first real enlightenment came from a German philologist, Albert Rehm, in the period from 1905. Buried in his unpublished research notes are …
From the beginning, the Mechanism generated controversy, with fierce arguments about whether it was an astrolabe for tracking the stars or a navigation device. Both proved to be wrong, but uncovering the machine’s secrets would be a long and difficult detective story, peppered with major mistakes as well as surprising progress. The first real enlightenment came from a German philologist, Albert Rehm, in the period from 1905. Buried in his unpublished research notes are …
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