Nové pohledy na mechanismus z Antikythéry

• Authors: Hadravova Alena , Hadrava Petr

Title variants

EN

NEW VIEWS ON THE ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The history of the ancient geared mechanism found in a Roman shipwreck near the Antikythera island is reviewed. A particular attention is devoted to the notices in the contemporary literature (Cicero, Vitruvius), which yield an evidence of a long tradition in development of similar analog computers in ancient Greece for calculation of the positions of celestial bodies. The results of The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project based on X-ray computer tomography are summarized and the functions of the proposed reconstruction of the device are explained.

Keywords

EN

ANALOG ANCIENT COMPUTER ( 2ND TO 1ST C. B. C.); ANTIKYTHERA ISLAND (GREECE)

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Society for the History of Sciences and Technology, Czech Republic
• Journal: DVT - Dějiny věd a techniky (History of Sciences and Technology)
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 41
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 255-266
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Hadravova Alena

author

Hadrava Petr

• Alena Hadravova, Kabinet dejin ved USD AVCR, v.v.i. Puskinovo nam. 9, 160 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09CZAAAA062627