I'm going to have to pick up the current issue of Nature magazine. They have an article on the Antikythera Mechanism. This mechanism which is over 2000 years old was capable of predicting position of the sun, moon and probably the planets as well. It is believed to be the first example of a computer(analog). It is one of my dream projects for somewhere down the road. I have a big list of dream projects once I get this clock done... :)
Anyway, here is CNN's article http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/11/30/astronomy.calculator.reut/index.html
And here is the wiki entry on it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism
A chronicle of my attempts to create an early clock using only traditional techniques.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Neat article...
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