On the epoch of the Antikythera mechanism and its eclipse predictor
CC Carman, J Evans - Archive for history of exact sciences, 2014 - Springer
The eclipse predictor (or Saros dial) of the Antikythera mechanism provides a wealth of
astronomical information and offers practically the only possibility for a close astronomical
dating of the mechanism. We apply a series of constraints, in a sort of sieve of Eratosthenes,
to sequentially eliminate possibilities for the epoch date. We find that the solar eclipse of
month 13 of the Saros dial almost certainly belongs to solar Saros series 44. And the eclipse
predictor would work best if the full Moon of month 1 of the Saros dial corresponds to May …
astronomical information and offers practically the only possibility for a close astronomical
dating of the mechanism. We apply a series of constraints, in a sort of sieve of Eratosthenes,
to sequentially eliminate possibilities for the epoch date. We find that the solar eclipse of
month 13 of the Saros dial almost certainly belongs to solar Saros series 44. And the eclipse
predictor would work best if the full Moon of month 1 of the Saros dial corresponds to May …
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