Large Orrery with 8-day clock, 1733.
This large orrery was made by Charles Butcher of Bedford, for Lord Trevor, Baron of Bromham in 1733. An eight-day clock rotates the planets. The calendar ring is four and half feet in diameter and has painted metal figures for the signs of the zodiac. The instrument was later owned by Dr. Stephen Demainbray (1710-1782), a lecturer in experimental philosophy, and was the most impressive in his collection which he used to illustrate his public lectures on astronomy.
Details
- Category:
- King George III
- Object Number:
- 1927-1618
- Materials:
- brass, wood, walnut (veneer), octagonal, silvered dials on clock stem and ivory
- Measurements:
-
overall: 2000 mm 1350 mm,
Sun orb: 100 mm,
Clock Mechanism: 650 mm 800 mm,
- copyright:
- Unlinked Name
- credit:
- King's College, London
Parts
Sections of Orrery with eight-day clock
Parts to a Large Orrery with 8-day clock where metal zodiac figures and planets are rotated around a clock.
- Measurements:
-
overall: 110 mm x 280 mm x 210 mm,
- Object Number:
- 1927-1618/2
Wooden Base for Large Orrery with 8-day Clock
Wooden base for Large Orrery with 8-day clock
- Measurements:
-
overall: 570 mm x 550 mm x 570 mm,
- Object Number:
- 1927-1618/3
- type:
- base - object component
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of Wooden Base for Large Orrery with 8-day Clock
Part of Wooden base for Large Orrery with 8-day clock
- Measurements:
-
overall: 90 mm x 220 mm x 30 mm,
- Object Number:
- 1927-1618/4
- type:
- base - object component
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Metal strut/base for large orrery with eight-day clock, 1733
Base/Strut to a large orrery with 8-day clock, possibly metal/brass, that rotates planets and zodiac figures around a clock.
- Measurements:
-
overall: 210 mm x 1000 mm x 210 mm,
- Object Number:
- 1927-1618/5
