[–] 1 point 2 months ago* (1 child)

This is all I could find on Google, sorry it’s an output from Gemini…

None of them are gramophones, but they do have similarities.

  • Antikythera Mechanism (c. 2nd Century BC)
    • The First Device: It is the earliest known complex mechanical analogue device.
    • Gramophone Analogy: It uses an intricate, hand-cranked system of gears to decode physically "stored" mathematical information into a readable output.
  • The Hydraulis (Hydraulic Organ) (3rd Century BC)
    • Gramophone Analogy: Later versions utilized rotating pinned barrels that held pre-coded musical compositions to play songs automatically without human performance.
  • Hero’s Programmed Cylindrical Automata (1st Century AD)
    • Gramophone Analogy: They relied on a rotating cylinder wrapped with ropes and pegs to mechanically "record" and playback a sequence of physical actions and acoustic sounds.
  • Hero’s Automatic Trumpet Alarm (1st Century AD)
    • Gramophone Analogy: It used a kinetic trigger to instantly convert mechanical energy into a specific, predetermined acoustic playback through a brass horn.
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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago*

    What you are used to is definitely best for you, but I’m talking about the general practicality and usefulness in specific contexts. C in the context of states of water makes sense, and is practical and useful. F in the context of weather makes sense, because 0 to 100 is just normal weather in places with four seasons. In the context of weather, it is both practical and useful. K is practical and useful in pretty much every scientific context.

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