Orrery
notes: label: Description
content: An orrery is a mechanical model of the solar system. The name derives from Charles Boyle, the fourth Earl of Orrery, for whom John Rowley in London made a model of the earth and moon orbiting the sun around 1713.
label: Description
content: This elegant example shows the Sun and eight planets. It was thus made after the discovery of Neptune in 1846 and, was probably made before the discovery of Pluto in 1930.
label: Location
content: Currently on loan
topic: label: Subject
content: Astronomy
label: Subject
content: Education
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Artifact Walls exhibit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Vassar College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0318.04
label: accession number
content: 1980.0318
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0318.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Orrery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass, nickel-plated (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 65 cm x 64 cm x 28 cm; 25 9/16 in x 25 3/16 in x 11 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 1/8 in x 28 1/4 in x 10 13/16 in; 63.8175 cm x 71.755 cm x 27.46375 cm