Orrery

Engraver Gerhard Valk (165?-1726)

Maker Abraham & Jacob Van Laun

Inscriptionssur le globe, à droite de la constellation "Argo Navis" : Uranographia / Coelum omne his Complectens / Illa pro ut aucta / et ad annum 1745 Completum / Magno ab Hevelio / correcta est; / ita ejus ex Prototypis, / sua noviter haec Ectypa / veris Astronomiae cultoribus / exhibent et consecrant / Ger. et Leonh. Valk, / Amstelaedamenses. / cum Priviligio sur la plaque circulaire (anneau horaire) située sous le globe : A en J Van Laun / Amsterdam / N 30

Date 1815-1830

Medium / Technique Wood: oak, ebony; metal: brass; paper; fibre: papier-mâché; plaster

DimensionsHeight: 72.5 cm (28 9/16 in.) Diameter: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.) Width: 68 cm (26 3/4 in.)

ClassificationTools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Astronomical T&E

Origin Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

Object Number1984.33

DivisionMaterial Culture - Objects of Science and Technology

CollectionStewart

CreditPurchase

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