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Wooden pulley orrery, 1755-1756. This planetary model was designed and made by the Scottish astronomer James Ferguson (1710-1766). Called an orrery, or more correctly a tellurium, it is a demonstration model to show the motions of the Earth and Moon around the Sun.  
Location Science Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier ART394927 
Type Image 
Purpose Public 
Size 3504px × 2485px 
Photo Credit SSPL/Science Museum / Art Resource, NY 
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18th century CE
Astronomy
Earth, Planet
Model, Three Dimensional
Moon
Orrery
Scottish
Sun