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Description: | Closely associated with clockwork is the orrery, an 18th Century device powered or, in this case, turned by hand, which indicates the motions of the planets around the sun, the moon round the earth and in this example, the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn. | Subjects: | Timekeeping Scientific Instruments | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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