antikythera mechanism (replica)
notes: label: Description
content: The Antikythera mechanism—found in an ancient shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera—is the oldest known example of a device designed to predict astronomical positions and eclipses. Derek Price gave this modern reconstruction to the Museum in 1979.
label: Description
content: Ref: Derek De Solla Price, Gears from the Greeks: The Antikythera Mechanism;– A Calendar Computer from ca. 80 B.C. (1975).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.3085.01
label: catalog number
content: 1979.3085.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 1979.3085
objectType: label: Object Name
content: antikythera mechanism
label: Object Name
content: antikythera mechanism (replica)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 12 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 16.51 cm x 31.75 cm x 8.255 cm