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Model of Antikythera mechanism

Antikythera mechanism model

This project conists of a POV-Ray model of the Antikythera mechanism. It's a work-in-progress.

The mechanism is a clockwork machine which indicates the position of the sun and moon with respect to the Zodiac (i.e. the band of stars that the planets move through).

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Details of the mechanism were derived from: