A description of an astronomical instrument, being the orrery reduc'd : which shews the use of it so far as relates to the motion of the Earth and Moon, explain'd to the meanest capacity, made either in silver, brass or wood / by Tho. Wright.

By: Wright, Tho. (Thomas), active 1718-1747.
Contributor(s): Court, Thomas Henry, 1868-1951 [former owner].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : [T. Wright], [1720?]Description: 15 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm (8vo).Place: England - LondonSubject(s): Planeteria -- Early works to 1800
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Original copy gifted to the Science Museum in 1931 by Thomas Henry Court.

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