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Mechanical engineering in antiquity

Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 2:52 pm
by rotting bones
Is there an Almean equivalent of the Antikythera mechanism? (any place and any time before modernity will suffice; Skouras, maybe?)

Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:08 pm
by zompist
Skouras was definitely the place for such things— see the Almeopedia article on Steam for a few examples. The Skourenes had weight-based clocks, looms with foot pedals, windmills, and spinning machines, so they were the most advanced with machinery in the ancient world.

Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 6:45 pm
by rotting bones
Thanks! Any info about the history of computation on Almea?

Sorry if I'm asking too many annoying questions.