# Price 1974: Gears from the Greeks: The Antikythera Mechanism, a Calendar Computer from ca. 80 B.C.

> Derek de Solla Price, 1974. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Historical baseline for the gearing.

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# Gears from the Greeks: The Antikythera Mechanism, a Calendar Computer from ca. 80 B.C.

Derek de Solla Price, 1974. _Transactions of the American Philosophical Society_.

The first full study, from gamma radiographs, establishing the device as a geared calendrical calculator and reconstructing the main train. Transactions 64(7).

**Antikythera Mechanism** ArticleCopy of **[Gamma-ray and X-ray radiographs of the fragments (Karakalos and Price)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/artifacts/ART0D3FQMP43B4W/gamma-ray-and-x-ray-radiographs-of-the-fragments-karakalos)** doi: **[10.70249/9780871693006](https://doi.org/10.70249/9780871693006)** 0

## What it's used for here

Historical baseline for the gearing.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[Gamma-ray and X-ray radiographs of the fragments (Karakalos and Price)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/artifacts/ART0D3FQMP43B4W/gamma-ray-and-x-ray-radiographs-of-the-fragments-karakalos)

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[Gamma-ray and X-ray radiographs of the fragments (Karakalos and Price): scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/copies/CPY0D3FQMXY5NNV/gamma-ray-and-x-ray-radiographs-of-the-fragments-karakalos)

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[Price publishes Gears from the Greeks](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/events/EVT0D3FQ3V20QZY/price-publishes-gears-from-the-greeks)

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[Derek de Solla Price](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/people/FIG0D3FQ1WJ048G/derek-de-solla-price)

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[The Antikythera Mechanism](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Price, D. d. S. (1974). Gears from the Greeks: The Antikythera Mechanism, a Calendar Computer from ca. 80 B.C.. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. https://doi.org/10.70249/9780871693006
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