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Gears from the Greeks

the Antikythera mechanism : a calendar computer from ca. 80 B.C
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Author/Contributor: 
Price, Derek J. de Solla (Derek John de Solla), 1922-1983
Place of Publication: 
New York
Publisher: 
Science History Publications
Date of Publication: 
1975, c1974
Subject: 
Classical antiquity
Antikythera mechanism (Ancient calculator)
Astronomical clocks
Greek calendar
Antikythēra Island (Greece) -- Antiquities
Call Number: 
QB107 .P74 1975
Collection: 
Ancient World Digital Library
Language: 
English
Provider: 
The American Philosophical Society
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https://hdl.handle.net/2333.1/jh9w12dk
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