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Orrery
An astronomical toy to show the relative movements of the
planets, etc., invented by George Graham, who sent his model to Rowley,
an instrument maker, to make one for Prince Eugéne. Rowley made a copy
of it for Charles Boyle, third Earl of Orrery, and Sir Richard Steele
named it an orrery out of compliment to the earl. One of the best is
Fulton's, in Kelvin Grove Museum, West End Park, Glasgow.
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