Antikythera mechanism

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Antikythera mechanism

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Not sure if it would be Babylonian. They believed in multiple earths and multiple heavens. It seems this is more of a geocentric construct than a multiple earth construct. As such it'd put it more Greek than Babylonian.

Some people think aliens gave the Babylonians and Greek their knowledge of the planets. Two clearly different models with neither one correct, indicates no aliens were involved. (Assuming the aliens weren't playing practical jokes of course, who knows what those frat boy aliens in their saucers do.)
 
faethor said:
Not sure if it would be Babylonian. They believed in multiple earths and multiple heavens. It seems this is more of a geocentric construct than a multiple earth construct. As such it'd put it more Greek than Babylonian.
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It is Greek, but they used the Babylonian astronomical observations and calculations in it's design

Greek Number system
an abacus was required for simple addition and subtraction, multiplication and division was almost impossible in the Greek numeric system

The Greek designers had to have used the Babylonian sexagesimal (base 60) system, for mathmatical calculations.
you could multiply using a formula that used a table of squares, computing the product of two integers, a and b, using a formula similar to:
ab = [(a + b)2 - (a - b)2]/4

they used a table of reciprocals for division

The Babylonians did not technically have a digit for, or a concept of, the number zero. Although they understood the idea of nothingness, it was not seen as a number—merely the lack of a number.

Babylonian mathematics

Babylonian astronomy
 
redrumloa said:
If you watch the series "Ancient Aliens" like I do, you would know that aliens are responsible for everything ever happening no matter what. :p
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Its true!
if you look at this NASA photo of the moon (bottom, center area) you can see all the abandoned alien space planes!

NASA Moon photo
 
robert l. bentham said:
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Looks like a 4 wing flying fish (Exocoetidae) common in the tropical oceans
enlarged pectoral fins (“wings”) and enlarged pelvic fins

or it could be a mysterious pre-Columbian space plane,

only a high trained a Xenoarcheologist could ever properly identify ancient alien technology

Then they were put into space planes that looked exactly like DC8s (except they had rocket motors instead of propellers) These DC8 space planes then flew to planet Earth
 

Scientists solve another piece of the puzzling Antikythera mechanism​

Exploded view of the new computer model of the Antikythera mechanism, showing how it might have worked.

Enlarge / "Exploded" view of the new computer model of the Antikythera mechanism, showing how it might have worked.

Scientists have long struggled to solve the puzzle of the gearing system on the front of the so-called Antikythera mechanism—a fragmentary ancient Greek astronomical calculator, perhaps the earliest example of a geared device. Now, an interdisciplinary team at University College London (UCL) has come up with a computational model that reveals a dazzling display of the ancient Greek cosmos, according to a new paper published in the journal Scientific Reports. The team is currently building a replica mechanism, moving gears and all, using modern machinery. You can watch an extensive 11-minute video about the project here (embedding currently disabled).

"Ours is the first model that conforms to all the physical evidence and matches the descriptions in the scientific inscriptions engraved on the mechanism itself," said lead author Tony Freeth, a mechanical engineer at UCL. "The Sun, Moon, and planets are displayed in an impressive tour de force of ancient Greek brilliance."
 
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