This image is released under a French Clock with orrery planetary model by Raingo Freres, 1830-1832
Orrery Clock by Raingo Frères, Paris with Sun, Earth and Moon globes on pillar stand. Original glass dome absent when acquired.
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Dated 1830--2, this ornate planetary model was made by the Parisian clock makers, Raingo Frères. Called an orrery or more correctly a tellurium, it is a demonstration device to show the motions of the Earth and Moon around the Sun. It consists of a wooden drum base containing a music box surmounted by a four-legged stand supporting the orrery and a timepiece. This spring driven pendulum clock drives the planetary model at the same rate as the heavens. A glass dome that is now missing, originally covered the whole mechanism. Such apparatus became popular during seventeenth century especially after Sir Isaac Newton published his universal theory of gravity.
- Measurements:
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overall: 800 mm x 400 mm x 397 mm, 20 kg
- Object Number:
- 1962-293/1
