Tag: Antikythera Mechanism
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A Device That Was High-Tech In 100 B.C.
New York Times: A Device That Was High-Tech In 100 B.C. After a closer examination of a surviving marvel of ancient Greek technology known as the Antikythera Mechanism, scientists have found that the device not only predicted solar eclipses but also organized the calendar in the four-year cycles of the Olympiad, forerunner of the modern…