That is an incredible device. The guy who designed it was a genius far ahead of his time. Some developments are built upon others to such a degree that it would be impossible to accidentally develop it. Even LENR is not all that complicated to build if you have the secret ingredients.
The main thing to take from this line of discussion is that luck plays a very big role in important discoveries. Lets name a few more:Vulcanized rubber, nitrocellulose, nuclear fission, radiation, and etc. One of the best engineered devices was the airplane. I also hold the calculation for the existence of radio waves that travel at light speed in high regard. Anyone else want to list their favorite invention which could have been discovered much earlier? Dave -----Original Message----- From: Axil Axil <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Apr 21, 2013 10:21 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:NASA screws up bad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism Achaemenides developed the first celestreal computer The Antikythera mechanism (pron.: /ˌæntɨkɨˈθɪərə/ ant-i-ki-theer-ə or /ˌæntɨˈkɪθərə/ ant-i-kith-ə-rə) is an ancient analog computer[1][2] designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was recovered in 1900–1901 from the Antikythera wreck,[3] but its significance and complexity were not understood until a century later. Jacques Cousteau visited the wreck in 1978[4] but, although he found new dating evidence, he did not find any additional remains of the Antikythera mechanism. The construction has been dated to the early 1st century BCE. On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 10:12 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: I am sure we can construct a long list of similar items. How about a battery? Was possible as soon as metal was discovered. It would not surprise me to find out that people from long ago were using processes that included battery activity in some form. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Eric Walker <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Apr 21, 2013 9:28 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:NASA screws up bad. On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 6:15 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: Many of the great discoveries were there in plain view for years until someone got lucky. My favorite example is the laser which could have been discovered over 100 years ago (gas type instead of ruby rod) had physics known more about the behavior of atoms. Whitehead suggests that the Greeks were close to figuring out the steam engine. Eric
