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Orrery, Lunarium, by W. Jones, London, c.1800

Inventory Number 24476


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.24476

Item type
Object
Makers
W. Jones
Primary inscriptions
Inscribed, 'A NEW PORTABLE ORRERY, Invented and Made by W. Jones and Sold by him in Holborn, LONDON.'
Object type
Orrery
Dimensions
Diameter: 230mm Height: 105mm Weight: 397g
Inventory No
24476

Description

Not dated. A circular wooden base with detailed paper finish depicting the various astrological signs. The base supports an Orrery of showing the Sun, Earth and Moon.