Orrery A Story of Mechanical Solar Systems, Clocks, and English Nobility /

• Main Author: Buick, Tony (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Astronomers' Universe,
• Subjects: Physics.; History.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; History of Science.

To find the true story of the orrery, this book takes the reader to the vibrant, tumultous London of the 1600s. A mechanical model that shows the movements of the Moon and planets, the orrery takes its name from the Boyle family – the Earls of Orrery. Here is the fascinating story of the origins of ...

Table of Contents:

• Ancient Forms of Orreries
• Development of Scientific and Astronomical Instruments
• Tompion and Tellurions
• The Age of Clocks and Precision Engineering
• George Graham, the Clockmaker
• John Rowley and the Earl of Orrery
• The Earl of Orrery
• Orreries
• The Legacy.