French Clock with orrery planetary model by Raingo Freres, 1830-1832
- Object Number:
- 1962-293/1
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LicenseOrrery Clock by Raingo Frères, Paris with Sun
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.
Orrery Clock by Raingo Frères, Paris with Sun
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.
Orrery Clock by Raingo Frères, Paris with Sun
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.
Keys for Orrery Clock by Raingo Frères, Paris with Sun
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Orrery Clock by Raingo Frères, Paris with Sun
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.
Orrery Clock by Raingo Frères, Paris with Sun
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.
Orrery Clock by Raingo Frères, Paris with Sun
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.
Orrery Clock by Raingo Frères, Paris with Sun
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Orrery Clock and 2 winding keys by Raingo Frères, Paris with Sun, Earth and Moon globes on pillar stand with music box in wooden base. Original glass dome absent when acquired.
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.
Details
- Category:
- Astronomy
- Object Number:
- 1962-293
- type:
- demonstration models, orreries, planetaria (models), astronomical clocks and terrestrial globe
- credit:
- Sotheby's and Co.
Parts
2 winding keys for French Clock with orrery planetary model
- Object Number:
- 1962-293/2
- type:
- winding key
