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17th May 1902: Ancient Antikythera Mechanism ‘computer’ identified
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2018-05-16 21:05:47
Description: On the 17th May 1902, an ancient analogue computer known as the Antikythera mechanism was first identified by Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais.  The clockwork computer uses a complex system of bronze gears to calculate astronomical phenomena such as eclipses, and the cycle of forthcoming Olympic Games. Although Stais didn’t discover the mechanism, he was the first to notice inscriptions and a gear wheel embedded in a lump of corroded bronze and wood brought up from an ancient Greek wreck.  The wreck itself had been discovered in 1900 by a team of sponge divers, and archaeologists had focused on other more ...
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