Michael Wright talking about the Antikythera http://www.the-eg.com/videos/michael-wright-antikythera-resurrector-eg8
The video is 1/2 hour. I thought it was good. He's a colorful speaker. Anybody know how they made gears back then? Or machinery in general? What did they use for a file? How did they make files? The Computer History Museum is having an event: May 13, 2015 10:30 AM Secrets of the Antikythera Mechanism http://www.computerhistory.org/events/upcoming/ In 1900, sponge divers off the coast of the tiny Greek island of Antikythera made an astonishing discovery: the wreck of an ancient Roman ship lay 200 feet beneath the water, its dazzling cargo spread out over the ocean floor. Among the life-size statues and amphorae was an encrusted piece of metal, which after nearly a century of investigation, is finally revealing its secrets.... -- These are my opinions. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
