Device That Let Greeks Decode Solar System

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A "BEAUTIFUL and extraordinary" 2,000-year-old astronomical calculator invented by the Ancient Greeks has been reconstructed for the first time, showing they were able to predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon accurately.

The broken remnants of the dials and cogs that make up the Antikythera mechanism, which dates back to the second century BC, were found by divers exploring a wrecked ship in 1901, but no-one has previously managed to explain exactly what it was used for.

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Device That Let Greeks Decode Solar System

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