The Antikythera Mechanism (c. 100–80 BCE)

100 BCE · Rodos ya da Korint · cultural

An ancient mechanical computer recovered from a shipwreck; with its 37 gears it calculated solar and lunar eclipses, planetary positions and the Olympic calendar.

Comparable mechanical complexity was not matched again until the European clocks of the 14th century. | An unsuspected peak of ancient Greek engineering; the "missing link" mechanism.

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What was The Antikythera Mechanism (c. 100–80 BCE)?
An ancient mechanical computer recovered from a shipwreck; with its 37 gears it calculated solar and lunar eclipses, planetary positions and the Olympic calendar.
When did The Antikythera Mechanism (c. 100–80 BCE) happen?
100 BCE
Where did The Antikythera Mechanism (c. 100–80 BCE) take place?
Rodos ya da Korint