RE: Atheist "church" in London.
February 9, 2013 at 10:15 am
(This post was last modified: February 9, 2013 at 10:17 am by Confused Ape.)
(February 9, 2013 at 8:44 am)Aractus Wrote: No it isn't. It isn't used for any calculations, it cannot perform them, it's only a mechanical calendar.
It looks like the Antikythera Mechanism was more than just a calendar. Ancient device was used to predict solar eclipses and Olympic dates
Quote:However, using hospital scanning technology, scientists have found that it acted as both a calendar and as an astronomical instrument for calculating the relative positions of the Sun, the Moon and the visible planets.
"We knew this 2,100-year-old mechanism calculated complex cycles of mathematical astronomy. It surprised us to discover that it also showed the four-year cycle of ancient Greek games, including the Olympic Games," said Tony Freeth, one of the researchers, whose work is published in the journal Nature.
This is the latest Journal article published in Nature by Tony Freeth and his team. I don't want to pay £22 for the full story, though.
Calendars with Olympiad display and eclipse prediction on the Antikythera Mechanism
Quote:The lower back dial is a Saros eclipse-prediction dial, arranged as a four-turn spiral of 223 lunar months, with glyphs indicating eclipse predictions6.
Where are the snake and mushroom smilies?
