A BOXED AMERICAN ORRERY AND TELLURIAN SET
JOSIAH OR DWIGHT HOLBROOK, MID-19TH CENTURY
A BOXED AMERICAN ORRERY AND TELLURIAN SET Josiah or Dwight Holbrook, mid-19th century The orrery with geared mechanism, all planetary arms being actuated by the crank handle, the arms supporting eight planets (out to Neptune) with their satellites, on a turned wooden stand; the geared-tellurian with 2½-inch terrestrial globe comprised of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, the cartouche HOLBROOKS Apparatus Mfg. Co. WESTHERFIELD, CT , the moon ball on rotating arm on an inclined orbit, the exposed gears actuating the rotating of the Earth, a pulley to the central axis, with 4½-inch Sun-ball on arm 2½ inches away from axis of rotation, the wooden arm and turned stand with lacquered brass fittings; the original box with hook tool for the orrery and an associated book The teachers guide to illustration... 12th ed. (Chicago: Andrews [1873]). 38in. (97cm.) maximum diameter of orrery
A BOXED AMERICAN ORRERY AND TELLURIAN SET
JOSIAH OR DWIGHT HOLBROOK, MID-19TH CENTURY
A BOXED AMERICAN ORRERY AND TELLURIAN SET Josiah or Dwight Holbrook, mid-19th century The orrery with geared mechanism, all planetary arms being actuated by the crank handle, the arms supporting eight planets (out to Neptune) with their satellites, on a turned wooden stand; the geared-tellurian with 2½-inch terrestrial globe comprised of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, the cartouche HOLBROOKS Apparatus Mfg. Co. WESTHERFIELD, CT , the moon ball on rotating arm on an inclined orbit, the exposed gears actuating the rotating of the Earth, a pulley to the central axis, with 4½-inch Sun-ball on arm 2½ inches away from axis of rotation, the wooden arm and turned stand with lacquered brass fittings; the original box with hook tool for the orrery and an associated book The teachers guide to illustration... 12th ed. (Chicago: Andrews [1873]). 38in. (97cm.) maximum diameter of orrery
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