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Gears from the Greeks : the Antikythera mechanism, a calendar computer from ca. 80 B.C. / Derek de Solla Price.
LIBRA Q11 .P6 n.s. v.64 pt.7
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Price, Derek J. de Solla (Derek John de Solla), 1922-1983.
- Series:
- Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ; new ser., v. 64, pt. 7.
- Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ; new ser., v. 64, pt. 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronomical clocks.
- Calendar, Greek.
- Astronomy, Greek.
- History.
- Cerigotto--Antiquities.
- Cerigotto.
- Astronomy, Greek--History.
- Physical Description:
- 70 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 1974.
- Summary:
- The first great discovery in underwater archaeology yielded not only a fine collection of art treasures but also the most enigmatic, most complicated piece of scientific machinery known from antiquity. This artifact is now identified as an astronomical or calendrical calculating device involving a very sophisticated arrangement of more than thirty gear-wheels.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0871696479 :
- OCLC:
- 1206259
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