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Name: Antikythera: World’s Oldest Analog Computer Revealed
Uploaded: 2025-06-29T08:32:06-04:00
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Description: In 1901, divers exploring a Roman-era shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera unearthed a scientific marvel: the Antikythera mechanism, the world’s oldest analog computer. Crafted around 100 BCE, this bronze, shoebox-sized device used over 30 interlocking gears to predict astronomical events like solar and lunar eclipses, track planetary motions, and monitor the four-year cycle

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Antikythera: World’s Oldest Analog Computer Revealed

In 1901, divers exploring a Roman-era shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera unearthed a scientific marvel: the Antikythera mechanism,…
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