The Antikythera Mechanism
Long suspected as being an astronomical showpiece, navigational instrument or rich man's toy, the Antikythera Mechanism is a bronze mechanism built before the birth of Christ.
New research has convinced scholars in Greece that it is, in fact, the world's oldest analog computer.
And here is the Wikipediea article on The Antikythera Mechanism
Labels: history, mechanical, mechanisms
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