The Antikythera mechanism reveals new secrets

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Post by ppod » Tue, Jan 04, 2022, 5:29 PM UTC

The Antikythera mechanism reveals new secrets
scientificamerican.com

Re: The Antikythera mechanism reveals new secrets

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Post by cf100clunk » Tue, Jan 04, 2022, 5:45 PM UTC

The famous Antikythera mechanism:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29778874

https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Antikythera

Re: The Antikythera mechanism reveals new secrets

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Post by krastanov » Tue, Jan 04, 2022, 5:51 PM UTC

This very talented machinist (Clickspring's Chris) is recreating the device using tools from that age on their YouTube channel https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZioPDnFPNsHnyxfygxA0to...

It is an amazing playlist.

Re: The Antikythera mechanism reveals new secrets

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Post by jacobolus » Tue, Jan 04, 2022, 6:14 PM UTC

krastanov wrote: post #3

This very talented machinist (Clickspring's Chris) is recreating the device using tools from that age on their YouTube channel https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZioPDnFPNsHnyxfygxA0to... It is an amazing playlist.

Chris Budiselic and colleagues also wrote a paper https://bhi.co.uk/antikytheramechanism/ proposing that the front dial might be a 354-day lunar calendar rather than a 365-day solar calendar.

Re: The Antikythera mechanism reveals new secrets

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Post by reactspa » Tue, Jan 04, 2022, 6:20 PM UTC

> in his model, the 223-tooth gear turned much too fast for it to make sense. But in my model, the 223-tooth gear rotates very slowly

Science!

(Clarification: it all sounds very narrative-fallacy to me. Hey, but feel free to downvote the opinion of a contrarian!)

Re: The Antikythera mechanism reveals new secrets

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Post by wesleyoneal » Tue, Jan 04, 2022, 6:41 PM UTC

krastanov wrote: post #3

This very talented machinist (Clickspring's Chris) is recreating the device using tools from that age on their YouTube channel https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZioPDnFPNsHnyxfygxA0to... It is an amazing playlist.

Tools from that age? I’m on video 2, and it looks like he’s using a bunch of modern tools that wouldn’t have been available 2000+ years ago?

Re: The Antikythera mechanism reveals new secrets

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Post by fuzzylightbulb » Tue, Jan 04, 2022, 6:44 PM UTC

krastanov wrote: post #3

This very talented machinist (Clickspring's Chris) is recreating the device using tools from that age on their YouTube channel https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZioPDnFPNsHnyxfygxA0to... It is an amazing playlist.

Clickspring is an absolute delight. The videos are straight up machining porn and the stuff that he builds is fascinating in its own right, the Antikythera mechanism being a perfect example. I cannot recommend this channel enough.

https://www.youtube.com/c/Clickspring/

Re: The Antikythera mechanism reveals new secrets

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Post by krazerlasers » Tue, Jan 04, 2022, 6:45 PM UTC

wesleyoneal wrote: post #6

krastanov wrote: post #3

This very talented machinist (Clickspring's Chris) is recreating the device using tools from that age on their YouTube channel https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZioPDnFPNsHnyxfygxA0to... It is an amazing playlist.

Tools from that age? I’m on video 2, and it looks like he’s using a bunch of modern tools that wouldn’t have been available 2000+ years ago?

Keep watching -- he gets more into the period appropriate tools later in the series including home made drills, files, layout ink, soldering tools, etc

Re: The Antikythera mechanism reveals new secrets

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Post by Luc » Tue, Jan 04, 2022, 6:45 PM UTC

wesleyoneal wrote: post #6

krastanov wrote: post #3

This very talented machinist (Clickspring's Chris) is recreating the device using tools from that age on their YouTube channel https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZioPDnFPNsHnyxfygxA0to... It is an amazing playlist.

Tools from that age? I’m on video 2, and it looks like he’s using a bunch of modern tools that wouldn’t have been available 2000+ years ago?

The ancient tool series is another list of his: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZioPDnFPNsGnUXuZScwn...

Re: The Antikythera mechanism reveals new secrets

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Post by posterboy » Tue, Jan 04, 2022, 7:00 PM UTC

wesleyoneal wrote: post #6

krastanov wrote: post #3

This very talented machinist (Clickspring's Chris) is recreating the device using tools from that age on their YouTube channel https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZioPDnFPNsHnyxfygxA0to... It is an amazing playlist.

Tools from that age? I’m on video 2, and it looks like he’s using a bunch of modern tools that wouldn’t have been available 2000+ years ago?

Should shut off the camera first of all. I'm too pessimistic, sorry.