[HN Gopher] Antikythera Mechanism: Evidence of a Lunar Calendar ...
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       Antikythera Mechanism: Evidence of a Lunar Calendar (2020)
        
       Author : mmastrac
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2022-10-08 15:55 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | antognini wrote:
       | Huh, by coincidence the episode this month of a podcast I do on
       | the history of astronomy happened to be on the Antikythera
       | Mechanism so it has been top of mind for me. If you want to hear
       | a little about the history of the discovery of this device the
       | episode's page with a transcript is here:
       | https://songofurania.com/episode/022
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       | It's a fascinating device --- it's the earliest known geared
       | mechanism in Europe. It seems to tantalizingly suggest that
       | engineering in the late Hellenistic Era was much more advanced
       | than we had previously suspected. It's just a shame that so much
       | from that period has been lost.
        
       | mystickphoenix wrote:
       | Obligatory link for Clickspring on youtube who is machining the
       | mechanism from scans:
       | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZioPDnFPNsHnyxfygxA0...
        
         | iamtedd wrote:
         | He is also a co-author of the posted paper.
        
         | AdamJacobMuller wrote:
         | You beat me by 1 minute :)
         | 
         | Love these kind of meditative machining/building channels.
        
       | jshprentz wrote:
       | Previous HN discussion in 2020:
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25412576
        
       | AdamJacobMuller wrote:
       | If you're curious on what the antikythera mechanism is in a more
       | practical sense, I can't recommend enough the ongoing clickspring
       | project where they build one.
       | 
       | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZioPDnFPNsHnyxfygxA0...
       | 
       | Really fascinating and meditative video series, excellently
       | filmed. Can not recommend it enough!
        
         | Accujack wrote:
         | He's the first author listed on this paper, too.
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         | It's the reason he took a hiatus from filming, because he
         | discovered this and had to write it into a paper rather than
         | just talking about it on Youtube.
        
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