Gears from the Greeks : the Antikythera mechanism, a calendar computer from ca. 80 B.C. / Derek de Solla Price.
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TextSeries: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ; new ser., v. 64, pt. 7.Publisher: Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 1974Description: 70 pages : illustrations maps ; 30 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0871696479
- 9780871696472
- Antikythera mechanism (Ancient calculator)
- Astronomical clocks
- Calendar, Greek
- Astronomy, Greek
- Astronomy, Greek -- History
- Astronomical clocks
- Antikythera mechanism (Ancient calculator)
- Antiquities
- Astronomy, Greek
- Calendar, Greek
- Antikythēra Island (Greece) -- Antiquities
- Greece -- Antikythēra Island
- Antikythera Greece Greek
- American Philosophical Society
- Price, Derek J de Sola
- TIME
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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One of the first (1974) major scholarly publications on the circa 80 BC geared mechanism found in 1900 in greek shipwreck of the island of Antikythera, generally interpreted to be a mechanical calendar calculator
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