3 steps in the work of one scientist who studied the Antikythera mechanism
Prologue: Whom am I talking about? Derek J. De Solla Price (1922-1983), Professor of history of science at Yale University.
The first step: restoration. Price restored the remans of the mechanism, trying to clean it from incrustations and corrosions.
The second step: translation. Many Greek incriptions were translated. In the inscriptions the Sun is nominated a number of times. The planet Venus is also mentioned. An inscription mentioned 76 years (the Calippic cycle.), another 19 years (the Metonic cycle). It was then clear for those in the know that the mechanism was related to the study of the movements of celestial bodies.
The third step: X-rays. Price used X-rays to penetrate in the interior of the mechanism and find relevant features of it.
The first step: restoration. Price restored the remans of the mechanism, trying to clean it from incrustations and corrosions.
The second step: translation. Many Greek incriptions were translated. In the inscriptions the Sun is nominated a number of times. The planet Venus is also mentioned. An inscription mentioned 76 years (the Calippic cycle.), another 19 years (the Metonic cycle). It was then clear for those in the know that the mechanism was related to the study of the movements of celestial bodies.
The third step: X-rays. Price used X-rays to penetrate in the interior of the mechanism and find relevant features of it.
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