Orrery
date: label: date made
content: 1840s
name: label: maker
content: N. B. & D. Chamberlain
notes: label: Description
content: This simple device made of brass, steel, and wood shows the relative positions of the Sun and five planets (two are missing). The “N. B. & D. Chamberlain Boston” inscription is that of Nathan B. Chamberlain (1809-1878) and his brother Daniel who worked in partnership during the period 1842-1844.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: Subject
content: Astronomy
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Globes
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content: Measuring & Mapping
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.321892
label: accession number
content: 245902
label: catalog number
content: 321892
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Orrery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 11 in; 40.64 cm x 27.94 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 3/4 in x 26 1/4 in x 12 in; 70.485 cm x 66.675 cm x 30.48 cm