A Model of the Cosmos in the ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism …
网页2021年3月12日 · The Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek astronomical calculator, has challenged researchers since its discovery in 1901. Now split into 82 fragments, only a third of the original survives,...
Antikythera mechanism - Wikipedia
网页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). It is the oldest known example of an analogue computer [3] [4] [5] used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses decades in advance.
Scientists solve another piece of the puzzling Antikythera mechanism
网页2021年3月12日 · Scientists have long struggled to solve the puzzle of the gearing system on the front of the so-called Antikythera mechanism—a fragmentary ancient Greek astronomical calculator, perhaps the ...
Our current knowledge of the Antikythera Mechanism - Nature
网页2018年1月2日 · Nature Astronomy - The Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known mechanical calculator. Imaging reveals its solar and lunar astronomical functions, and deciphering its extensive inscriptions...
Scientists May Have Discovered How the Ancient Greeks' 'First …
网页2021年3月17日 · First discovered by divers in a Roman-era shipwreck in 1901, researchers have puzzled over the extraordinary Antikythera mechanism for decades. The hand-held device dates back 2,000 years and...
Scientists unlock the 'Cosmos' on the Antikythera Mechanism, …
网页2022年8月17日 · Scientists may have finally made a complete digital model for the Cosmos panel of a 2,000-year-old mechanical device called the Antikythera mechanism that's believed to be the world's first...
An Ancient Greek Astronomical Calculation Machine Reveals New Secrets
网页2022年1月1日 · The lump is known as the Antikythera mechanism, an extraordinary object that has befuddled historians and scientists for more than 120 years. Over the decades the original mass split into 82...
Experts recreate a mechanical Cosmos for the world’s first …
网页2021年3月12日 · Researchers at UCL have solved a major piece of the puzzle that makes up the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known as the Antikythera Mechanism, a hand-powered mechanical device that was used to predict astronomical events.
Antikythera Mechanism’s Purpose Is Studied Using Cosmic …
网页2024年7月5日 · The Antikythera mechanism, an ingenious calculator made 2,200 years ago, has inspired awe and enchantment ever since it was recovered from a shipwreck near a Greek island in 1901. Generations...
A Model of the Cosmos in the ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism
网页2021年3月12日 · The Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek astronomical calculator, has challenged researchers since its discovery in 1901. Now split into 82 fragments, only a third of the original survives, including 30 corroded bronze gearwheels.