Decoding the mechanisms of antikythera astronomical device [electronic resource] / Jian-Liang Lin, Hong-Sen Yan.
Lin, Jian-Liang, author.; Yan, Hong-Sen, author.
2016
QB107
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Title Decoding the mechanisms of antikythera astronomical device [electronic resource] / Jian-Liang Lin, Hong-Sen Yan.
Author Lin, Jian-Liang, author.
ISBN 9783662484470 (electronic book)
3662484471 (electronic book)
9783662484456
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48447-0
Published Heidelberg : Springer, 2016.
Copyright ©2016
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-662-48447-0 doi
Call Number QB107
Dewey Decimal Classification 522/.5
Summary This book presents a systematic design methodology for decoding the interior structure of the Antikythera mechanism, an astronomical device from ancient Greece. The historical background, surviving evidence and reconstructions of the mechanism are introduced, and the historical development of astronomical achievements and various astronomical instruments are investigated. Pursuing an approach based on the conceptual design of modern mechanisms and bearing in mind the standards of science and technology at the time, all feasible designs of the six lost/incomplete/unclear subsystems are synthesized as illustrated examples, and 48 feasible designs of the complete interior structure are presented. This approach provides not only a logical tool for applying modern mechanical engineering knowledge to the reconstruction of the Antikythera mechanism, but also an innovative research direction for identifying the original structures of the mechanism in the future. In short, the book offers valuable new insights for all readers who are interested in the Antikythera mechanism.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed October 14, 2015).
Added Author Yan, Hong-Sen, author.
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