File:The Orrery RMG PT3468.tiff
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| Author |
John Hinton |
| Description |
English: The Orrery This depiction of a grand orrery is headed "The Theory of the Heavens & the Earth explain'd according to the several Systems". It has a 12-sided base, with depictions of the zodiac signs on each side, within which the gearing would be contained while the planets were made to move apparently effortlessly on circles above. The whole is surmounted with rings forming half an armillary sphere. Tables of the movements of the planets appear to the sides of the main image and one of the smaller figures shows the Ptolemaic geocentric system. The orrery depicted in this print may have been made by Thomas Wright of Portsmouth and later by B. Cole. The image was engraved in 1749 for John Hinton's Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure. This was published between 1747 and 1803, and contained "news, letters, debates ... and other arts and sciences; which may render it instructive and entertaining to gentry, merchants, farmers, and tradesmen". |
| Date | 1749 |
| Dimensions | Primary support: 192 mm x 227 mm; Mount: 483 mm x 318 mm |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/263946 |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
| Identifier | id number: PAJ3468 |
| Collection | Fine art |
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