On its rear face, Greek scientists of 2,000 years ago fashioned a computer mechanism that displayed a calendar that followed the moon, that predicted eclipses, while on the front, they reproduced the universe as they understood it, with the five planets, the sun and the moon performing the complicated steps of their dance through the heavens.
Na stražnjoj strani grčki su znanstvenici prije 2.000 godina stvorili računalni mehanizam koji predstavlja kalendar koji prati Mjesec i predviđa pomrčine, dok je sprijeda predstavljen svemir kakvim su ga shvaćali, s pet planeta, sa Suncem i Mjesecom na svom zamršenom putu kroz nebesa.