How did the Antikythera machine actually work?

Question

I know there were cogs that predicted eclipses but how do cogs predict eclipses??

In: Technology

Answer 1

From what I understand it was basically a clock that was hand operated. you’d set the date, and it would give you some information, I don’t think it’s actually known what specifically it was keeping track of, probably the location of key navigational stars and planets, there’s a predictable pattern to eclipses so that could be part of it.