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Verbal·Expression of Ideas·Rhetorical Synthesis
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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
  • The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient Greek hand-powered mechanical device discovered in a shipwreck in 1901.
  • Constructed around the late 2nd or early 1st century BCE, it is widely regarded as the world’s oldest known analogue computer.
  • It used a complex differential gear train comprising over thirty bronze gears to predict astronomical positions and eclipses.
  • It tracked the Saros cycle (a 223-lunar-month eclipse prediction cycle) and the Metonic calendar cycle.
  • It also included an indicator display showing the four-year cycle of the ancient Panhellenic athletic games (including the Olympic Games).
The student wants to emphasize the sophistication of the Antikythera mechanism’s design. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A
The Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek device recovered from a shipwreck in 1901, was hand-powered.
B
Regarded as the world’s oldest known analogue computer, the Antikythera mechanism employed a differential gear train of over thirty bronze gears to predict astronomical positions and eclipses while tracking both the 223-lunar-month Saros cycle and the Metonic calendar cycle.
C
The Antikythera mechanism was constructed around the late 2nd or early 1st century BCE.
D
An indicator display on the Antikythera mechanism showed the four-year cycle of the ancient Panhellenic athletic games, including the Olympic Games.