# The mechanism as made would have jammed or lost engagement within a few months of operation.

> Still possible: The mechanism as made would have jammed or lost engagement within a few months of operation.

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Answer · Antikythera Mechanism

# The mechanism as made would have jammed or lost engagement within a few months of operation.

The mechanism as made would have jammed or lost engagement within a few months of operation.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Measured tooth errors exceed the tolerances for continuous rotation.
- No wear from extended use is found.

## What would rule it out

- Corrosion-corrected measurements bring the errors within tolerance.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[With Edmunds's measured errors the simulated train jammed in 90 per cent of runs, typically before the solar…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/evidence/EVD0D3FQAE03H2D/with-edmundss-measured-errors-the-simulated-train-jammed-in)

Suggestive

FOR

[The authors themselves describe the result as speculative and dependent on the measured errors.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/evidence/EVD0D3FQANT5GJA/the-authors-themselves-describe-the-result-as-speculative)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## 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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Mysteries Department. (2026). The mechanism as made would have jammed or lost engagement within a few months of operation. [Answer ANS0D3FQA6652VN]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D3FQA6652VN
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