Gears from the Greeks by Derek De Solla Price
Contents: Discovery of the Antikythera shipwreck; Discovery of and research on the mechanism fragments, 1902-73; The casing, general construction, and dial work; The arrangement of the plates and components of the mechanism; The door plates and orientation and use of the mechanism; The accuracy of gear teeth numbers; Description of individual gears and gear trains; The inscriptions; The Antikythera mechanism as an historical document; The early history of gearing and clockwork; and The invention of complicated clockwork and the differential gear. App.: Composition of the metal fragments (contrib. by Earle Caley and Cyril Smith); and Tech. note on radiography of fragments. Illus.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780871696472 |
| ISBN 10 | 0871696479 |
| Title | Gears from the Greeks |
| Author | Derek De Solla Price |
| Series | Transactions Of The American Philosophical Society |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | American Philosophical Society Press |
| Year published | 1974-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 70 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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