COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Question
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What was The Antikythera used to predict?
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The tides
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The timing of eclipses
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Time
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The cycle of the Moon
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The ancient Greek astronomical calculating machine, known as the Antikythera Mechanism, predicted eclipses, based on the 223-lunar month Saros cycle .
Detailed explanation-2: -The nodes of the moon’s orbit are the points where it passes through the plane of Earth’s orbit; an eclipse season occurs each time the line connecting these nodes, the line of nodes, points toward the sun.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Antikythera Mechanism is a cultural treasure that has engrossed scholars across many disciplines. It was a mechanical computer of bronze gears that used ground-breaking technology to make astronomical predictions, by mechanizing astronomical cycles and theories1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
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