Orrery
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800
name: label: maker
content: Delamarche, Charles Francois
notes: label: Description
content: This cardboard instrument looks like an armillary sphere but functions as an orrery. The Sun is at the center, and there are concentric rings representing the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth and Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
label: Description
content: The “à Paris Chez Delamarche Géog. / Rue du Foin Saint-Jacques / au College de Mtre Gervais” inscription on the ecliptic band refers to Charles François Delamarche (1740-1817), proprietor of a cartographic shop in the Latin quarter of Paris. His successors continued the business well into the 19th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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.322759
label: accession number
content: 250509
label: catalog number
content: 322759
objectType: label: Object Name
content: orrery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in; 50.8 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 3/4 in x 12 7/8 in; 50.165 cm x 32.7025 cm