Orrery

Unknown Maker
London, England

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about 1780, purchased 1785

Unsigned, except for a small inscription on bottom of plate, "BWC"

Overall: 12 5/8 in. (32 cm)

Base: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College

2002.1.35201

Geography

Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe

Period

1600-1800

Object Name

Scientific Instrument

Research Area

Scientific Instrument

Scientific Instrument: Astronomy

Not on view

Course History

HIST 63.02, Material Culture of Science, Whitney Robles, Spring 2022

HIST 63.02, Material Culture of Science, Whitney Robles, Spring 2022

HIST 63.02, Material Culture of Science, Whitney Robles, Spring 2022

HIST 63.02, Material Culture of Science, Whitney Robles, Spring 2022

History 63.02, Reading Artifacts: The Material Culture of Science, Whitney Barlow Robles, Spring 2023

History 63.02, Reading Artifacts: The Material Culture of Science, Whitney Barlow Robles, Spring 2023

Publication History

David Pantalony, Richard L. Kremer, Francis J. Manasek, Study, Measure, Experiment: Stories of Scientific Instruments at Dartmouth College, Norwich, Vermont: Terra Nova Press, 2005, p. 43, ill.

Provenance

Source unknown; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.

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