Elton's miniature transparent orrery, 1817
- Title(s):
- Elton's miniature transparent orrery.
- Published/Created:
- [London] : Elton, 1817.
- Physical Description:
- 1 model : paper, col. ; in box, 25 x 20 x 7 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsGV1199 E47 Flat A[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/580661
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Title and publishing information from label on case.
Consists of a scroll mounted on 2 rollers in wooden case.
Label on case reads: "To Deane F. Walker, Esq., himself and family having by their lectures diffused a general taste for ... astronomy, Elton's miniature transparent orrery is ... dedicated ... by the publishers ... February, 1817."
Deane F. Walker was a popular astronomical lecturer in London; son of Adam Walker, also a lecturer, and inventor. They used an "eidouranion" or transparent orrery (mechanical model of the solar system) to illustrate their astronomical lectures.
Cottage of content, or, Toys, games, and amusements of nineteenth century England, 77
Selected exhibitions: “The Cottage of Content : or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England" (Yale Center for British Art, November 2 - December 31, 1977).
Fairman, Elisabeth R. Pleasures and pastimes, 113 - Subject Terms:
- Astronomical models.Elton -- Publisher.Etching, Colored -- Specimens -- 1817.Fortescue, W. -- Autograph.Planetariums.
- Form/Genre:
- Recreations -- Great Britain.
Models.
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1817. - Export:
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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