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OK, guys, what's this? First pic is front panel, then rear panel.
24 hour rule.
Hint: it took 100 years of analysis to figure out what it is, and it's more than 2000 years old. The photos are computer regenerations of what it once looked like.
I guess this'n was boring. Oh, well. It is the oldest complex mechanism ever found, called the Antikythera Mechanism after the Greek island near which it was found.
Here's a link: Antikythera Mechanism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism)
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04-22-2014, 11:47 AM
I've been gone a few days with Easter stuff going on, but if I were to guess I'd say it was a computer to calculate the positions of planets in the sky.
Now I'll have a peek to see if I'm right. :)
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