Building The World's First Computer - Greeks, Clocks and Rockets - Antikythera Mechanism Episode 1

Chris from Clickspring introduces his project to reconstruct the ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism, the world's first known analog computer, using traditional methods.

The #Antikythera Mechanism Episode 1 - Greeks, Clocks and Rockets, by Clickspring. In this first episode of the Antikythera Mechanism project, I lay out the plan for how I intend to proceed with the reproduction. Join YouTube Channel Memberships here: youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA/join Become a Clickspring Patron here: patreon.com/clickspring/membership ________________________________________________________ A very special thank you to Patrons: Mitchell Collins Sinking Valley Woodworks (sinkingvalleywoodworks.com) Florian Ragwitz Matthew Middleton Daniel Cohen Larry Pardi Sean Kuyper Samuel Irons Dan Keen ________________________________________________________ You can also help me make these videos by purchasing via the following Amazon Affiliate links: Cameras: Panasonic GH5 - amzn.to/2rEzhh2 Panasonic X920 - amzn.to/2wzxxdT Tools & Shop Products: "Solidworks 2013 Bible": amzn.to/2FObS1D "Gears From The Greeks", Derek de Solla Price: amzn.to/2pii4ZD "A Portable Cosmos: Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, Scientific Wonder of the Ancient World" amzn.to/2NoLgIR Dykem 80300 Steel Blue Layout Fluid, Brush-in-Cap (4oz): amzn.to/2HGPaJJ Dormer A190202 Jobber Drill Set, 1.0 mm - 6.0 mm x 0.1 mm Size: amzn.to/2DR5fdb Dormer A190203 Jobber Drill Set, 6.0 mm - 10.0 mm x 0.1 mm Size: amzn.to/2ITfeTa YG1 NC Spotting Drill 8% Cobalt HSS 1/8 to 1/2" 120 Degree 5 Pc Set CNC Machine: amzn.to/2G7ylv6 Heavy Duty Arbor Press: amzn.to/2G4gog7 Other Videos to Watch: How To Make A Clock In The Home Machine Shop - Part 1 - Making The Frames: youtu.be/B8Y146v8HxE Abbreviated Transcript: 0:00:20 In his famous research paper "Gears From The Greeks" historian Derek De Solla Price put forward a stunning theory regarding the device known as the Antikythera Mechanism. That the origins of our modern day engineering achievements, what he called our "recent age of High Technology", could be found in this ancient device. He theorised that the profession of clock and instrument making had acted as a silent "carrier" of a larger, and much older technology tradition. 01:08 Clockmakers, he said, had played a crucial role in the emergence of our modern world, and that the clockmaking tradition itself, was part of a distinguished main line of technology that could be directly traced all of the way back to the Antikythera Mechanism. 01:25 The Ancient Greeks had written the original language of the mechanical engineer, and had left behind a record of it in this incredible device. A calculating machine, that used complex mathematics and precise engineering to model the Ancient Greek understanding of the Cosmos. 02:01 The phase of the moon, retrograde motion of the planets, and even barely observable details like the precession of the lunar orbit, were all modelled according to Ancient Greek astronomical theory. 02:23 Now I should point out t