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  2. Antikythera mechanism - Wikipedia

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    This evidence that the Antikythera mechanism was not unique adds support to the idea that there was an ancient Greek tradition of complex mechanical technology that was later, at least in part, transmitted to the Byzantine and Islamic worlds, where mechanical devices which were complex, albeit simpler than the Antikythera mechanism, were built ...

  3. Antikythera wreck - Wikipedia

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    It was discovered by sponge divers off Point Glyphadia on the Greek island of Antikythera in 1900. The wreck yielded numerous statues, coins, and other artifacts dating back to the fourth century BC, as well as the severely corroded remnants of a device many regard as the world's oldest known analog computer, the Antikythera mechanism.

  4. Scientists Found a Hidden Computer From the Roman ... - AOL

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    Built around the beginning of the 1st century BCE, the Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known analog computer in human history, and there’s an enduring mystery surrounding what it was used for.

  5. Antikythera - Wikipedia

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    Antikythera is most famous for being the location of the 1900 discovery of the Antikythera wreck, [12] from which the Antikythera Ephebe and Antikythera mechanism were recovered. The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient mechanical calculator (sometimes described as the first mechanical computer) designed to calculate astronomical positions which ...

  6. 50 Inventions From The Past That Were Amazingly Innovative - AOL

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    As out-of-place as it seems, the Antikythera Mechanism is an ancient analogue computer that predates Apple Computers by centuries. Most experts believe that the Antikythera Mechanism was used to ...

  7. Decoding the Heavens - Wikipedia

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    Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-old Computer and the Century Long Search to Discover Its Secrets by Jo Marchant is an exploration of the history and significance of the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient mechanical calculator (also described as the first known mechanical computer) [1] [2] designed to calculate astronomical positions ...

  8. Michael T. Wright (curator) - Wikipedia

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    Michael T. Wright, FSA (Born: 16 June, 1948) is a former curator of mechanical engineering at the Science Museum and later at Imperial College in London, England. [1] He is known for his analysis of the original fragments of the Antikythera mechanism and for the reconstruction of this Ancient Greek brass mechanism.

  9. Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology

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    Antikythera Mechanism, a geared astronomical computer that calculates lunar and solar eclipses, the position of the Sun and the Moon the lunar phase (age of the moon), has several lunisolar calendars, including the Olympic Games calendar. It is at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece. [1]