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Building The World's First Computer - Greeks, Clocks and Rockets - Antikythera Mechanism Episode 1
Clickspring
The first episode of Clickspring's series on reproducing the Antikythera Mechanism by hand, laying out the plan and the history. The series follows a machinist building the ancient Greek device with traditional tools and methods.
HN repeatedly recommends the series for its extraordinary craftsmanship and its credible demonstration of how the mechanism could have been made.
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