# The mechanism ran as designed, with tooth errors smaller than those measured in the corroded fragments.

> Most likely: The mechanism ran as designed, with tooth errors smaller than those measured in the corroded fragments.

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# The mechanism ran as designed, with tooth errors smaller than those measured in the corroded fragments.

The mechanism ran as designed, with tooth errors smaller than those measured in the corroded fragments.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Tooth errors corrected for corrosion fall within the tolerances the simulation requires (about 0.04 random, 0.1 degree systematic).
- Wear marks consistent with use are found on the gears or arbors.

## What would rule it out

- Corrosion-corrected tooth errors still exceed the jamming thresholds.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[The gearing is coherent and complete enough to be reconstructed as a working train, and the inscriptions…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/evidence/EVD0D3FQ9PJ7JQG/the-gearing-is-coherent-and-complete-enough-to-be)

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FOR

[The simulation's authors note that corrosion has deformed the gears their error measurements rest on, so the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/evidence/EVD0D3FQ9YC6ZTF/the-simulations-authors-note-that-corrosion-has-deformed-the)

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FOR

## The questions it answers

[Did the mechanism function as built?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/questions/QST0D3FQ59Y5GC6/did-the-mechanism-function-as-built)

Most likelyThe mechanism ran as designed, with tooth errors smaller than those measured in the corroded fragments

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