12-22-2010, 01:03 PM
It looks nice, but the claims are as usual fantastic.
An 'exact replica"? No-one seems to be able to even tell how many gears it had. Plus, the LEGO version has twice as many gears, so how can it be a replica?
'Unprecedentted accuracy'? I hope they are not serious.
A 'computer'? It's not: it's an astrolabe - it does not computer anything.
I think it's a nice enough device for a LEGO contraption, but since we have not been able to build an exact replica of the Antikythera mechanism, it's impossible to make claims about what it did, could do and how well it did that. My guess would also be astronomical use (which seems likely), but we can't be sure, can we? it's never been taken apart and rebuilt. The rest is (informed) speculation) I think.
http://www.badarchaeology.net/data/oopa ... ythera.php
An 'exact replica"? No-one seems to be able to even tell how many gears it had. Plus, the LEGO version has twice as many gears, so how can it be a replica?
'Unprecedentted accuracy'? I hope they are not serious.
A 'computer'? It's not: it's an astrolabe - it does not computer anything.
I think it's a nice enough device for a LEGO contraption, but since we have not been able to build an exact replica of the Antikythera mechanism, it's impossible to make claims about what it did, could do and how well it did that. My guess would also be astronomical use (which seems likely), but we can't be sure, can we? it's never been taken apart and rebuilt. The rest is (informed) speculation) I think.
http://www.badarchaeology.net/data/oopa ... ythera.php
Robert Vermaat
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THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
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