http://netvouz.com/garoldstone/tag/astronomical?feed=rss garoldstone's bookmarks tagged "astronomical" on Netvouz http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/10/AR2006121000628.html The [2,100-year old] wheel was part of a [astronomical] device so sophisticated that its complexity would not be matched for a thousand years — it was also the world’s first known analog computer. Images at tinyurl.com/yk7l7w and tinyurl.com/yedur3 Animation at: tinyurl.com/y347gp Video at: tinyurl.com/yf7ce7 Dec 11, 2006 garoldstone Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:51:05 GMT