A man retrace the 2000 year oldAntikythera Mechanism , an ancient " figurer " built by the Greeks to keep course of the moon , the planet and cycles . It ’s as amazing now as it was then .
The video show off how it worked . change by reversal the dial shifted the moon , the sun and planets around the Earth and let users keep track of where each was supposed to be . Michael Wright and his first working model of the Antikythera Mechanism then go on to show off material like keeping track of the Olympics every four years and seeing when there are going to be occultation . That ’s right , they could predict occultation — which find on an 18 - year oscillation — using this equipment ! [ NeatoramaviaGeeksaresexy ]
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