VERSION|0.5.1|SUBJECT|The Antikythera Mechanism |CONTENT|[url=http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap130120.html][img=images/2013/01/pic130120.jpg popup=false float=right][/url]A brief note on the Antikythera, today&#039;s APOD. I expect most people will have come across this before, if not, you&#039;re in for a real surprise. It&#039;s a kind of two dimensional astronomical computer, except it was constructed by the Greeks in the century before Christ. Before it was damaged it contained gears as fine as any 17th century clock. No one had any inkling that this kind of engineering perfection existed in ancient times until this artefact was discovered.|CATEGORIES|11|IP-ADDRESS|94.168.119.214|CREATEDBY|admin|DATE|1358679827