NVP3D: The oldest known mechanism to use
clockwork gears, called the
Antikythera
after the place it was discovered, was found in an ancient
Greek shipwreck more than a hundred years ago. The device, of
which only 82 badly corroded fragments remain, not only
predicted solar eclipses
but
also organized the calendar in the four-year cycles of the
Olympiad, forerunner of the modern Olympic Games. The
watchmaker Hublot has now miniaturized the Antikythera from the
size of a shoebox to something that you can wear on your wrist.
This version also tells the time.A three-dimensional movie of
the mechanism is available at
http://nvp3d.com/site/reports/28/antikythera-mechanism.
