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Orrery
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A mechanical toy which exhibits, by an arrangement of rods, balls, and toothed wheels, the sun, the planets, and their moons, all performing their respective motions; so named after the Earl of Orrery, for whom Charles Boyle made the first one in 1715.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Orrery'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/o/orrery.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Orrery'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/o/orrery.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
