A few days ago, I read a reference to the Antikythera mechanism, a brilliant feat of engineering and elegance. The sea-worn machine [ http://paxarcana.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/antikythera_mechanism.jpg ] was found in 1900 in a vessel near Greece that is believed to have sunk on a voyage from the Island of Rhodes to Rome. The mechanism has been determined to be over 2000 years old. Since it's recovery, it's been greatly studied, and replicas have been created. Described as the earliest known computer, the inside of its wood casing is printed with detailed instructions on its operation. A combination calendar and atlas, it offers accurate mapping of time and space. For example, if you are at these coordinates, at this specifc time, from your perspective, the sun, moon and planets will be in these locations. One can find information on eclipses, and on the dates of the Olympic games of the era. I look at the images of models [ http://www.grand-illusions.com/images/articles/articles/antikythera/mainimage.jpg ], and wonder if the creator didn't in part, using gears, recreate the celestial mechanics of the universe.