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Re:A Model of the Cosmos in the Ancient Greek Antikythera Me... by blt on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:03PM (#26440885)
1151 is too many teeth for a gear. The teeth would not be deep enough to transmit power effectively. You can't make this exact ratio using gears with fewer teeth because 1151 is prime (more generally, whenever the numerator and denominator are coprime).

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