Antikythera mechanism model

This project conists of a POV-Ray model of the Antikythera mechanism. It's a work-in-progress.

The mechanism is a clockwork machine which indicates the position of the sun and moon with respect to the Zodiac (i.e. the band of stars that the planets move through).

Videos and images

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJcqXCZ2ilk
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YldbnIHiX5Y

Sources

Details of the mechanism were derived from:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism
• http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~tony/whatsnew/column/antikytheraI-0400/kyth1.html