[HTML][HTML] The cosmos in the Antikythera mechanism
T Freeth, A Jones - ISAW Papers, 2012 - dlib.nyu.edu
The Antikythera Mechanism is a fragmentarily preserved Hellenistic astronomical machine
with bronze gearwheels, made about the second century BC In 2005, new data were
gathered leading to considerably enhanced knowledge of its functions and the inscriptions
on its exterior. However, much of the front of the instrument has remained uncertain due to
loss of evidence. We report progress in reading a passage of one inscription that appears to
describe the front of the Mechanism as a representation of a Greek geocentric cosmology …
with bronze gearwheels, made about the second century BC In 2005, new data were
gathered leading to considerably enhanced knowledge of its functions and the inscriptions
on its exterior. However, much of the front of the instrument has remained uncertain due to
loss of evidence. We report progress in reading a passage of one inscription that appears to
describe the front of the Mechanism as a representation of a Greek geocentric cosmology …
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