Antikythera Mechanism abit older
Nov. 29th, 2014 06:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mahnmutWorld's oldest computer is more ancient than first thought: Antikythera Mechanism was created in 205 BC, study claims
- This is according to Argentinian scientists who found eclipse calendar
- The calender included a solar eclipse that happened on May 12, 205 BC
- Previous radiocarbon dating analysis of had dates mechanism to 100 BC
- The study suggests the maths it uses is based is Babylonian arithmetic
- It predates other known examples of similar technology by 1,000 years
- This is according to Argentinian scientists who found eclipse calendar
- The calender included a solar eclipse that happened on May 12, 205 BC
- Previous radiocarbon dating analysis of had dates mechanism to 100 BC
- The study suggests the maths it uses is based is Babylonian arithmetic
- It predates other known examples of similar technology by 1,000 years
