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The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient mechanical computer
The mechanism is the oldest known complex scientific calculator. It contains many gears, and is sometimes called the first known analog computer.
"An Ancient Greek Computer".[29] This was the lead article in Scientific American and appears to have been initially published at the prompting of Arthur C. Clarke, according to the book Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World (see end of chapter 3). In "An Ancient Greek Computer" Price advanced the theory that the Antikythera mechanism was a device for calculating the motions of stars and planets, which would make the device the first known analog computer.
In 1974, Price published "Gears from the Greeks: the Antikythera mechanism — a calendar computer from ca. 80 BC"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism
The mechanism is the oldest known complex scientific calculator. It contains many gears, and is sometimes called the first known analog computer.
"An Ancient Greek Computer".[29] This was the lead article in Scientific American and appears to have been initially published at the prompting of Arthur C. Clarke, according to the book Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World (see end of chapter 3). In "An Ancient Greek Computer" Price advanced the theory that the Antikythera mechanism was a device for calculating the motions of stars and planets, which would make the device the first known analog computer.
In 1974, Price published "Gears from the Greeks: the Antikythera mechanism — a calendar computer from ca. 80 BC"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism
