Sunday, March 16, 2008

The Antikythera Mechcanism: A Really Old Calculator

"The Antikythera Mechcanism"

"One of the oldest known astronomical calculating devices is called the Antikythera Mechanism. It was discovered somewhere between Greece and the Island of Crete."

It's somewhat the worse for wear, due to being in sea water for the last two millennia.

The thing's been called the world's oldest computer, although I think that's a stretch: There doesn't seem to be any way of reprogramming it.

The writing style of this website isn't the best I've seen, but it looks like a pretty good resource for information about this remarkable old mechanism.

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