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Wooden lid for Cometarium, by W and S Jones, London, a model designed to show the change in motion of a comet as it moves closer and then further away from the Sun according to Newton's theory of gravity.
Details
- Category:
- Astronomy
- Object Number:
- 1909-202/2
- Measurements:
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overall: 52 mm x 235 mm x 300 mm,
- type:
- demonstration models, comet demonstrations and cometariums
