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BUILD YOUR OWN! ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM AND WOODEN GRANDFATHER CLOCK VISIT THE WESTERN AUSTRALIA MUSEUM EXHIBIT. LISTEN TO DR KARL KRUSZELNICKI PODCAST THE ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM IS A 2200 YEAR ANCIENT GREEK PORTABLE PLANETARIUM AND IS THE FIRST KNOWN ANALOG COMPUTER MARKING THE BEGINING OF MODERN COMPUTING. THE FRONT DIAL DISPLAYS THE ZODIAC POSITION OF THE FIRST 5 PLANETS, SUN, MOON PHASE AND DATE. The 67 gears computes addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and 7 harmonic orbit first order Fourier Transforms! The back dials display the 72 year lunar calendar, Olympic games calendar and most important predicts a solar or lunar ecliplse. The mechanism was housed in a wooden box complete with a built in instruction manual. The mechanism is not operated vertically as illustrated in the videos below. The mechanism is operated horizontally to minimise gear backlash. 3D computer model based on November 2022 research View 200 page operating and manufacturing manual Rev 8.1 Download 200 engineering drawings of bronze replica Rev 8.1 The Antikythera PI is a 3.14 scale wood frame replica which has been hollowed out to highlight the genius of the Ancient Greek design. Download free PI scale Wood frame model engineering drawings Rev 5.0 Something a bit simpler to practice on first Download free wooden grandfather Clock engineering drawings and photo's Rev 3.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email queries to Dr Nicholas Andronis PhD CPEng: andronisnick@gmail.com www.amclock.net --------------------------------------------------------------------------------