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- Title
Nové pohledy na mechanismus z Antikythéry.
- Authors
Hadrava, Petr; Hadravová, Alena
- Abstract
The history of the ancient geared mechanism found in a Roman shipwreck near the Antikythera island is reviewed. A particular attention is devoted to the notices in the contemporary literature (Cicero, Vitruvius), which yield an evidence of a long tradition in development of similar analog computers in ancient Greece for calculation of the positions of celestial bodies. The results of The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project based on X-ray computer tomography are summarized and the functions of the proposed reconstruction of the device are explained.
- Subjects
ANTIKYTHERA Island (Greece); GREECE; CALCULATORS; MATHEMATICAL instruments; ANALOG computers; ASTRONOMY; SCIENTIFIC apparatus &; instruments; CLASSICAL antiquities; GREEK antiquities
- Publication
History of Sciences & Technology / Dějiny Věd a Techniky, 2008, Vol 41, Issue 4, p255
- ISSN
0300-4414
- Publication type
Article