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Description:

This unsigned instrument closely resembles the orrery that Edward S. Ritchie offered in 1860. It is a simple crank-operated model showing the relative positions of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Moon, Mars and its two moons, Jupiter (missing) and its moons, Saturn with rings and several moons, and Uranus. The stand is wood. The arms holding the planets are brass.

Ref: Ritchie’s Illustrated Catalogue of Philosophical Instruments, and School Apparatus (Boston, 1860), p. 75.

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Astronomy

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.322462Accession Number: 250508Catalog Number: 322462

Object Name: orrery

Physical Description: wood (overall material)brass (overall material)Measurements: overall: 28 1/2 in x 21 in; 72.39 cm x 53.34 cmoverall: 27 1/2 in x 25 3/4 in x 9 7/8 in; 69.85 cm x 65.405 cm x 25.0825 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-df0b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1446227

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Orrery