# Price 1959: An Ancient Greek Computer

> Derek J. de Solla Price, 1959. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The first modern claim that the device was a geared calculator.

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# An Ancient Greek Computer

Derek J. de Solla Price, 1959. _Scientific American_.

Price's first account of the mechanism for a general readership, describing it as a geared calendar computer. Scientific American 200(6), 60–67.

**Antikythera MechanismSecondary source** Articledoi: **[10.1038/scientificamerican0659-60](https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0659-60)** Checked against the original0

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The first modern claim that the device was a geared calculator.

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Price, D. J. d. S. (1959). An Ancient Greek Computer. Scientific American. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0659-60
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