Decoding the mechanisms of antikythera astronomical device [electronic resource] / Jian-Liang Lin, Hong-Sen Yan.
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
3662484471 (electronic book)
9783662484456
Published
Heidelberg : Springer, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed October 14, 2015).
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Yan, Hong-Sen, author.
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Table of Contents
A Sketch of Ancient Western Astronomy
Ancient Astronomical Instruments
Amazing Discovery of Archaeology
Modern Reconstruction Research
Reconstruction Design Methodology
Reconstruction Designs of the Calendrical Subsystem
Reconstruction Designs of the Lunar Subsystem
Reconstruction Designs of the Solar Subsystem
Reconstruction Designs of the Planetary Subsystem
Reconstruction Designs of the Moon Phase Display Device
Assembly Work and Models.
Ancient Astronomical Instruments
Amazing Discovery of Archaeology
Modern Reconstruction Research
Reconstruction Design Methodology
Reconstruction Designs of the Calendrical Subsystem
Reconstruction Designs of the Lunar Subsystem
Reconstruction Designs of the Solar Subsystem
Reconstruction Designs of the Planetary Subsystem
Reconstruction Designs of the Moon Phase Display Device
Assembly Work and Models.