The antikythera mechanism - Real progress through Greek/UK/US research

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 848, Issue , 2006, Pages 913-918

  Edmunds, M G ^a   Freeth, A ^a   Bitsakis, Y ^b   Moussas, X ^b   Seiradakis, J ^c   Magkou, E ^d   Zafeiropoulou, M ^d   Haycock, P ^e   Hadland, P ^f   Ramsay, A ^f   Gelb, D ^g   Malzbender, T ^g  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d National Archaeological Museum   (Greece)

^e KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f Tring Business Centre   (United Kingdom)

^g HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antikythera mechanism; History of astronomy; History of technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846557841     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2348078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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