Antikythera Mechanism revisited

I've mentioned the Antikythera Mechanism before on 4AoS (here and here) 

The Antikythera mechanism is a mechanical computer.  The amazing thing about it is that it was probably built about 150–100 BC. and it is utterly unique; there are no known earlier examples of a similar technology, and artifacts of such complexity did not reappear until the 14th century, when mechanical astronomical clocks appeared in Europe.

Dad spotted a documentary on the mechanism on BBC4 the other day. Having been interested in it for years, I assumed the programme wouldn't tell me much I didn't know already. How wrong I was!

It gave an absolute wealth of detail about it, and along with the stunning graphics, I would say it's the best programme on the subject. 

Here's what boffins now believe it looked like originally:

See the full programme here: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01hlkcq/The_TwoThousandYearOld_Computer/ 

Comments

[Simon Dowden]

How did Antikythera Mechanism cope with the orbit of Venus?