Uranorama De Mr. Ch. Rouy
notes: label: Description
content: In 1816, a Frenchman named Charles Rouy published an account of his new astronomical mechanism suitable for school for children of both sexes, fathers of families, etc. In this lithograph by André Delabarussias (fl. 1830-1842), a man (presumably M. Rouy) stands by a "Uranorama" with the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, 4 asteroids (Vesta, Ceres, Pallas & Juno), Jupiter (with 4 moons), Saturn (with 7 moons), Uranus (with 6 moons) and a comet.
label: Description
content: Charles Rouy, <i>Description et Usage du Mécanisme Uranographique</i> (Paris, 1816).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.329184
label: catalog number
content: 329184
label: accession number
content: 280072
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/4 in x 17 3/4 in; 31.115 cm x 45.085 cm