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Decoding the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known as the Antikythera Mechanism

T. Freeth, Y. Bitsakis, X. Moussas, J. H. Seiradakis, A. Tselikas, H. Mangou, M. Zafeiropoulou, R. Hadland, D. Bate, A. Ramsey, M. Allen, A. Crawley, P. Hockley, T. Malzbender, D. Gelb, W. Ambrisco and M. G. Edmunds

Nature 444, 587-591(30 November 2006)

doi:10.1038/nature05357

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Figure 1

The surviving fragments of the Antikythera Mechanism.

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Figure 2

A schematic view of the mechanism to illustrate the position of major inscriptions and dials.

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Figure 3

The 'pointer-follower' lunar month indicator of the upper back dial.

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Figure 4

Reconstruction of the back dials.

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New reconstruction of the gear trains.

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Figure 6

The 'Hipparchos' lunar mechanism mounted on gear e3.

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