What's the most elaborate ancient mechanism?

Upvote:3

One has to distinguish the things for which we have direct archaeological evidence, the things which can be reliably reconstructed from literature sources, and the things which are mentioned in the literature but with inadequate description such that we have no idea how they really looked.

To the first type belongs the Antikythera mechanism.

Examples of second kind are artillery pieces, and various machines described in the book of Heron.

Examples of the third kind are Archimedes planetarium and especially the enormous warships of Hellenistic era. See, for example, Leontophoros, Tessarakonteres.

All these things belong to the Hellenistic epoch.

Alex 38404

📝 What was the northernmost region/city in the Roman Empire that spoke Greek as the native language?
📝 What does 'trade in' mean in this article on the Westway project?
📝 When did the United Kingdom become "United" rather than merely united? (I.e., that word became part of its name.)
📝 What was used instead of toilet paper in the US and the UK prior to 1900?
📝 Which George V stamp would be used for a letter sent from London to Sweden in 1919/1920?
📝 Did one or both sides of the cold war plan to strategically attack the others' food production?
📝 What calendar did the Mauryan Empire use?
📝 What were the requirements for Ancient Greek colonist groups?
📝 Did barbarians capture monks or priest of civilized kingdoms to teach them?
📝 Were British parliamentary seats really advertised in newspapers?
📝 In what case was being called a Federalist considered libel?
📝 When was federal sovereign immunity in the U.S. established?
📝 Why wasn't there more use of wind power in antiquity?
📝 What's the backstory behind the US federal regulation that requires buses to stop at railway crossings?
📝 What is the earliest history of Middle Eastern women wearing veils for modesty while in public?
📝 Did Adolf Hitler live in Liverpool, as his sister-in-law Bridget Hitler stated?
📝 How can I properly learn the history of a country whose language I don't speak or read?
📝 Is there a name for the style of the 'superhero' Russian statues?
📝 Why Didn't Hitler order an immediate attack on Moscow in August 1941?
📝 What was the available transport to Kimberley in 1871?
📝 Did Poland help Germany take Czechoslavakia before Germany invaded Poland?
📝 What conditions have led to Abrahmism splitting into different religions sometimes, but not always?
📝 An American Civil War battle where a general was ordered to advance to a certain point and wait . . . so waiting was all he did?
📝 What was the efficiency of the "Gadget" bomb in the Trinity Test?
📝 Where to find reliable source about Palestinians leaving in 1948 (Nakba)?
📝 In early WW2, how much of the merchant marine was American?
📝 When and how did the USA and the UK become allies?
📝 How was the U.S. divided regarding the French Revolution around 1789?
📝 Can anyone confirm the identity of these WWI uniforms?
📝 Was electricity free in the Soviet Union?

Source: stackoverflow.com

Travel Tips

What's the most elaborate ancient mechanism?

More post

Search Posts

Related post