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A fishing sinker or plummet is a weight used in conjunction with a fishing lure or hook to increase its rate of sink, anchoring ability, and/or casting distance. Fishing sinkers may be as small as 1 gram (0.035 oz) for applications in shallow water, and even smaller for fly fishing applications, or as large as several pounds (>1 kg) or ...
Abacus. An abacus ( pl.: abaci or abacuses ), also called a counting frame, is a hand -operated calculating tool which was used from ancient times in the ancient Near East, Europe, China, and Russia, until the adoption of the Arabic numeral system. [ 1] An abacus consists of a two-dimensional array of slidable beads (or similar objects).
The Antikythera mechanism (/ ˌ æ n t ɪ k ɪ ˈ θ ɪər ə / AN-tik-ih-THEER-ə, US also / ˌ æ n t aɪ k ɪ ˈ-/ AN-ty-kih-) [1] [2] is an Ancient Greek hand-powered orrery (model of the Solar System), described as [weasel words] the oldest known example of an analogue computer [3] [4] [5] used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses decades in advance.
And it was far, far older than 1785. Inside were two bronze axe heads “carefully packed using foam cut-outs and cardboard,” the National Museum of Ireland stated in a press release. “The NMI ...
An ancient fifth-century Roman prison discovered in Greece contains harrowing graffiti on the prison floor. Located in Corinth, Greece, the Greek-language pleas that remain etched into the prison ...
A Pennsylvania State Game Commission warden responded to Meadows Family Fun Mini Golf in Duncansville, Pennsylvania after employees in August 2024 reported finding a groundhog stuck in a clam ...
Antikythera wreck. The Antikythera wreck ( Greek: ναυάγιο των Αντικυθήρων, romanized : navágio ton Antikythíron) is a Roman-era shipwreck dating from the second quarter of the first century BC. [ 1][ 2] It was discovered by sponge divers off Point Glyphadia on the Greek island of Antikythera in 1900.
Known for. Sieve of Eratosthenes. Founder of Geography. Eratosthenes of Cyrene ( / ɛrəˈtɒsθəniːz /; Greek: Ἐρατοσθένης [eratostʰénɛːs]; c. 276 BC – c. 195/194 BC) was an Ancient Greek polymath: a mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist. He was a man of learning, becoming the chief librarian at ...