Gears from the Greeks: The Antikythera Mechanism--A Calendar Computer from CA. 80 B.C.

The first great discovery in underwater archaeology yielded not only a fine collection of art treasures but also the most enigmatic, most complicated piece of scientific machinery known from antiquity. This artifact is now identified as an astronomical or calendrical calculating device involving a very sophisticated arrangement of more than thirty gear-wheels.

Author: Derek de Solla Price
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Published: 01/01/1974
Pages: 70
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.15d
ISBN13: 9780871696472
ISBN10: 0871696479
BISAC Categories:
- History | Ancient | Greece
- Computers | General
- Technology & Engineering | Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades