Dallas Campbell shows an orrery – a mechanical model of the solar system. Suitable for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4/GCSE, Third Level, National 4, National 5 and Higher ...

[Illusionmanager] continues the orrery tradition but uses a different approach: he built a beautiful ceiling-mounted model of our Solar System without a gearing system. The mechanism that makes ...

The orrery measures 20.5 inches (52 centimeters) in height, 17.5 inches (44 centimeters) in width, and 22 inches (56 centimeters) in length. The model needs around 30 inches (76 centimeters) of ...

Experts at Harvard's Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments are using the Grand Orrery, a centuries-old mechanical model of the solar system, to study the Revolutionary War.

Brass drum orrery made by George Adams in c. 1789. The orrery is a model of the solar system showing planetary motion; orrerys were used from the 17th century as demonstration models and became ...

An orrery is a clockwork model of the solar system, demonstrating the machinations of the planets traveling around the sun in a sublime pattern of epicycles. A tellurion is a subset of the orrery, … ...

As with an orrery, the rings are in constant motion and the visibility of the watch’s interior mechanism only adds to what Copper calls, “a mesmerizing spectacle". Geoffrey Cooper's Geocentric ...

This beautiful model of the solar system is an example of a type of instrument known as an 'orrery'. It is made of wood, brass and ivory with a paper scale which was printed and pasted on the top ...

The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre has announced the arrival of its newest exhibit – a beautiful and unique mechanical orrery.At five metres in diameter, the Jodrell Bank ...

In the 1700s, the orrery, a clockwork model of the solar system, was developed. The word "planetarium" was invented to describe orreries that featured the planets.