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This orrery (mechanical model of the solar system) was built by W. and S. Jones of Holborn, London. It can be dated to between 1781 and 1846 by the presence of Uranus and the absence of Mercury. Originally to be operated by hand it was subsequently fitted with a motor which cou

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Object Planetarium orrery at Dunsink Observatorycover