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The x-ray time machine / directed and narrated by Martin Freeth.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- Intermittent-motion mechanisms--Greece--History.
- Intermittent-motion mechanisms.
- Astronomical clocks--Greece--Antiquities.
- Astronomical clocks.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (26 minutes)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [Eugene, Oregon] : Heritage Broadcasting Service, [2015]
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- The Antikythera Mechanism is one of the most extraordinary discoveries from the ancient Greek world: a 2000-year-old astronomical calculating machine of great complexity. It is now split into many corroded bronze fragments. Despite more than a hundred years of research since its discovery in 1901 by Greek sponge divers, many of its deepest secrets remained hidden-until they were uncovered by a brilliant team of X-ray engineers, combined with a new team of research scientists. Now, for the first time, we can delve deeper into the meaning and function of this extraordinary artifact and start to understand what it really is.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on November 15, 2024).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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