The Antikythera Mechanism

摘要

The current state of research can be summarized as follows: The Antikythera mechanism discovered in 1901 was lost around 60 BC when a Roman cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea. The complex astronomical calculator was possibly built shortly before by followers of the Greek philosopher Posidonius on the island of Rhodes.The intended customer for the educational device was probably a person in north-western Greece.