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Scientists have recreated a 2000-year-old machine named the oldest computer; scientists were confused by how the machine had been working for several years.
The Antikythera Mechanism has blocked technical experts since it was discovered in a Roman shipwreck in Greece in 1901.
This Greek device was operated manually and was reportedly used to predict eclipses and other celestial events, the BBC said.
Researchers speculated that since a third of the device had survived all these years, for several years experts wondered how this device worked and what it looked like.
The background of the device was solved by previous investigations but the complex cutting system remained a mystery.
According to the BBC, scientists from University College London thought they had finally broken the puzzle using 3D computer modeling, created a complete front panel and would soon build a complete replica of the Antikythera.
A paper published in the UK on Friday unveiled a new demonstration of the gear system that showed the final details and complex parts of the old machine.
“The sun, moon, and planets are on display in a tour de force of ancient Greek splendor,” the paper’s lead author, Professor Tony Freeth, told the BBC.
“We are the first model that conforms to all physical evidence and matches the descriptions in the scientific writings engraved on the instrument itself,” he said.
The equipment in the paper was described to a space calculator and the world’s first analog computer was discovered and the whole device is made of bronze.
At the back of the device, a description of the cosmos is displayed, which marks the movement of the five known planets at that time.
Today’s scientists left with 82 fragments of the device that made a third of the device stride and compile the full picture using X-Ray data and ancient Greek mathematical methods to create the full shape of Antikythera.
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