Brass drum orrery made by George Adams in c. 1789. The orrery is a model of the solar system showing planetary motion; orrerys were used from the 17th century as demonstration models and became ...

Six tiny gears, a few fancy pins, and some clever casting are what it takes to build this tiny orrery. And patience — a lot of patience, too. As model solar systems go, this one is exceptionally small ...

[Frans] claims to have made the world’s smallest wooden orrery. We won’t take a position on that — such things are best left up to the good folks at Guinness. But given that the whole thing is ...

Armstrong Metalcrafts’ Mechanical Paradox Orrery is an interpretation of the one that James Ferguson built in 1750. Brass, precision ball bearings, and mahogany make up each one. It measures about 10 ...

As air-conditioning billows into the Special Exhibitions Gallery on the second floor, Sara J. Schechner ’79, curator of Harvard’s Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, and Richard L.

This device, known as an orrery, couldn’t accurately tell when an eclipse would occur, but it made a great teaching tool. This type of planetarium, called an orrery, models the relative positions and ...

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The mechanical orrery turns against a giant clock face in the ceiling The Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre in Cheshire has unveiled its latest exhibit, a mechanical orrery. The orrery, a moving model of ...

The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre has announced the arrival of its newest exhibit – a beautiful and unique mechanical orrery. At five metres in diameter, the Jodrell Bank ...

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Brass drum orrery made by George Adams in c. 1789. The orrery is a model of the solar system showing planetary motion; orrerys were used from the 17th century as demonstration models and became ...

The mechanical orrery turns against a giant clock face in the ceiling The Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre in Cheshire has unveiled its latest exhibit, a mechanical orrery. The orrery, a moving model of ...