https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/hebrew-astrolabes/2012/11/29/the-5th-international-conference-of-the-european-society-of-history-of-science-athens-1-3-november-2012/ Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:12:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.16 https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/hebrew-astrolabes/2012/11/29/the-5th-international-conference-of-the-european-society-of-history-of-science-athens-1-3-november-2012/#comment-4 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:40:11 +0000 https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/hebrew-astrolabes/?p=62#comment-4 Both are astronomical devices with origins in Greek antiquity, but are quite different in purpose. The Antikythera device is a complex geared mechanism which certainly displayed the motions of the Sun and Moon and quite likely the motions of the other planets. An astrolabe mimics the appearance of the sky and has uses such as telling the time from the observed positions of sun and stars.

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Is there any relationship between the Antikythera mechanism and astrolabes?

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