Orrery
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1900
name: label: maker
content: George Philip & Son
notes: label: Description
content: Orrery with a mahogany base and and three short legs. The top is painted light blue. The inscription on a brass disc in the center reads “GEORGE PHILIP & SON LTD 32 FLEET ST LONDON E.C. MADE IN ENGLAND.” The Sun and the planets are represented by painted wooden spheres. Earth is covered by paper map gores. Mercury, Venus and Earth, are driven by an open-geared mechanism mounted on top of the center spindle column. The five distant planets have support arms from this center spindle. The drive mechanism is below the table. All moons have wire supports and are moved by hand.
label: Description
content: George Philip (1800-1882) was a cartographer and mapmaker who began in business in Liverpool in 1834. His son George (1823-1902) joined the firm in 1848. George Philip & Son, Ltd., later moved to London.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Baldwin-Wallace College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0386.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0386
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0386.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: orrery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in; 50.8 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: orrery: 18 1/4 in x 30 1/2 in x 19 1/2 in; 46.355 cm x 77.47 cm x 49.53 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: planet attachment: 8 1/4 in x 27 1/2 in x 7/8 in; 20.955 cm x 69.85 cm x 2.2225 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: planet attachment with moons: 8 in x 24 1/4 in x 7/8 in; 20.32 cm x 61.595 cm x 2.2225 cm