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The Antikythera Mechanism

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cavelamb

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Dec 28, 2009, 8:21:39 PM12/28/09
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The Antikythera Mechanism – that's the gears and stuff found in 1900
in a shipwreck from about 150-100 BC.

We'll start with the cool link with the pictures:
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/30/five-modern-technologies-that-might-not-be-so-modern/
Scroll down, there's a video clip of the finished project.

and the 'home page' http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/

with links to radiographic scans, and other fun things.

Vic Smith

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Dec 28, 2009, 9:34:08 PM12/28/09
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On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:21:39 -0600, cavelamb <cave...@earthlink.net>
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>The Antikythera Mechanism ? that's the gears and stuff found in 1900

Lots of cool stuff.
Personally, I suspect the Antikythera Mechanism was the dialing part
of a cell phone. The ancients didn't have the technology to develop
the rubber push buttons we have now.

--Vic

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