A nondescript lump recovered from the Antikythera wreck turned out to be a complex assembly of interlocking gears and plates, but missing parts mean the mechanism's full function remains unknown.
Sources
- The Antikythera Shipwreck Keeps Revealing Wonders - JSTOR Daily (daily.jstor.org)
- https://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/ (antikythera-mechanism.gr)
- https://www.brown.edu/Departments/History_Math/AtoZ/Antikythera.html (brown.edu)
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