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Spin Off Thread: The Antikythera Mechanism
Posted on 4/22/14 at 10:01 pm
Posted on 4/22/14 at 10:01 pm
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The Antikythera mechanism (/?ænt?k?'???r?/ ant-i-ki-theer-? or /?ænt?'k???r?/ ant-i-kith-?-r?) is an ancient analog computer[1][2][3][4] designed to predict astronomical positions and eclipses. It was recovered in 1900–01 from the Antikythera wreck, a shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera.[5] The computer's construction has been attributed to the Greeks and dated to the early 1st century BC. Technological artifacts approaching its complexity and workmanship did not appear again until the 14th century, when mechanical astronomical clocks began to be built in Western Europe.[6]
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What always blew my mind about this was the fact that it was so advanced for its time. The world didn't begin seeing this level of technology for over a millennium after this shows up in recorded history. Seriously, this is like someone inventing the cellphone back in 700BC and nobody in history at that time ever writing or talking about it before the rest of the world caught up the past 30-40 years.
What happened to the person or people that designed and engineered the damn thing? Why aren't there earlier examples of less complicated machines that would serve as forerunners of this level of advanced technology? Lots of questions without logical answers.
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Posted on 4/22/14 at 10:06 pm to GFunk
I once did an enormous timeline of the intellectual, philosophic, & scientific history of mankind, and there was not one item I found harder to make sense of in that timeline than the freaking Antikythera mechanism.
My gut tells me that it's simply been dated improperly, but I guess I don't know for sure.
My gut tells me that it's simply been dated improperly, but I guess I don't know for sure.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 10:27 pm to GFunk
Doesn't appear to be very well made FWIW.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 10:29 pm to GFunk
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What happened to the person or people that designed and engineered the damn thing?
They were quickly wiped out by the tribes that had been focusing on building better spears and shields.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 10:57 pm to GFunk
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What happened to the person or people that designed and engineered the damn thing?
Posted on 4/22/14 at 11:47 pm to GFunk
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What always blew my mind about this was the fact that it was so advanced for its time.
According to the video, it wasn't all that uncommon back then.
Mechanical movements like this were pretty well understood at the time. Keep in mind that they did invent geometry and sailed ocean-going vessels, they weren't dummies.
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