Orrery Glass Windows

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Title

Orrery Glass Windows

Subject

Natural Philosophy

Description

Instead of wooden panels on its base faces, this orrery has glass windows so that the interior driving mechanism can be observed. Notice also the hand crank which controls the rotation of the planets.

Source

,mathematicalycurious

Contributor

df63@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Still Image

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Instead of wooden panels on its base faces, this orrery has glass windows so that the interior driving mechanism can be observed. Notice also the hand crank which controls the rotation of the planets.

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Citation

“Orrery Glass Windows,” St Andrews Science, accessed November 24, 2024, https://straylight.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/standscience/omeka/items/show/529.