The Antikythera mechanism, the oldest jaeger lecoultre atmos clock known astronomical gear mechanism dating back to the second century BC, was found in the wreck of a Roman ship near the island of Antikythera (north of Crete) in 1900. This mechanism comprising dozens of bronze gears, supportive and arranged on several fronts wheels, able to calculate astronomical positions of the planets relative to the sun, but also that of the moon relative to the earth and the dates of eclipses of the ancient games! To learn more about this fabulous machine, I suggest you watch the great video below published by Arte. Enjoy!
Thursday, April 17, 2014
The Antikythera mechanism, the oldest jaeger lecoultre atmos clock known astronomical gear mechanis
The Antikythera mechanism, the oldest jaeger lecoultre atmos clock known astronomical gear mechanism dating back to the second century BC, was found in the wreck of a Roman ship near the island of Antikythera (north of Crete) in 1900. This mechanism comprising dozens of bronze gears, supportive and arranged on several fronts wheels, able to calculate astronomical positions of the planets relative to the sun, but also that of the moon relative to the earth and the dates of eclipses of the ancient games! To learn more about this fabulous machine, I suggest you watch the great video below published by Arte. Enjoy!
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