Archimedes of Syracuse Archimedes died during the Siege of Syracuse when he was killed by a Roman soldier despite orders that he should not be harmed.
Archimedes was drawing circles in the sand with a stick and did not respond to the orders of the enraged Roman soldier who ran him through with his sword. Like the first computer, LENR could be lost to history because of the arrogant callous disregard of knowledge. On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism > > Achaemenides developed the first celestreal computer > > The *Antikythera mechanism* (pron.: > /<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English> > ˌ > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key>æ<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key> > n > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key>t<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key> > ɨ > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key>k<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key> > ɨ > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key>ˈ<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key> > θ > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key>ɪər<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key> > ə > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key>/<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English> > *ANT-i-ki-THEER-ə*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_key>or > / > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English>ˌ<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key> > æ > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key>n<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key> > t > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key>ɨ<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key> > ˈ > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key>k<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key> > ɪ > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key>θ<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key> > ər > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key>ə<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key> > / <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English> > *ANT-i-KITH-ə-rə*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_key>) > is an ancient analog computer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer> > [1] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism#cite_note-1>[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism#cite_note-Washington_Post-2>designed > to calculate > astronomical <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy> positions. It was > recovered in 1900–1901 from the Antikythera > wreck<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_wreck> > ,[3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism#cite_note-3> but > its significance and complexity were not understood until a century later. > Jacques > Cousteau <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cousteau> visited the > wreck in > 1978[4]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism#cite_note-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 >> >> > >
