Object Details
- Description
- 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.
- Ref: Derek De Solla Price, Gears from the Greeks: The Antikythera Mechanism;– A Calendar Computer from ca. 80 B.C. (1975).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1979.3085.01
- catalog number
- 1979.3085.01
- nonaccession number
- 1979.3085
- Object Name
- antikythera mechanism
- antikythera mechanism (replica)
- Measurements
- 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
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1818245
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-9b46-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
