Antikythera Mechanism Front Reconstruction Images with Explanations
Info presented at the museum: "The reconstruction of the Antikythera mechanism was the result of many years of investigation and study by the Professor Derek de Solla Price. He collaborated with the National Center of Scientific Research "Demokritos" and with the nuclear physicist Ch. Karakalos, who took x- and gamma-radiographs of the original and then reconstructed the mechanism,
in order to emonstrate how it functioned. Price constructed a rectangular box 0.33 m. high, 0.17 m. wide and 0.10 m. deep, with metal indication plates and door plates which protect them. Both the plates and the door plates have Greek inscriptions with indications of the planets. The mechanism has also a complex system of thirty-two (32) gear wheels of different sizes, each of which would move at a different speed. Price donated the reconstruction to the National Archaeological Museum in 1980. Despite the reservations about it expressed by other scholars, it has become a reference point for other, later reconstructions of the Antikythera mechanism, whose study still goes on."
From the 2013 "Το Ναυάγιο των Αντικυθήρων. Το Πλοίο, οι Θησαυροί, ο Μηχανισμός" (The Antikythera Shipwreck. The Ship, The Treasures, The Mechanism) at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.
Antikythera Athens Bronze National Archaeological Museum Original Photo Reconstructions and Plans