10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORRERIES»
Discover the use of
orreries in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
orreries and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Life of James Ferguson, F. R. S.: In a Brief ...
We may here remark, that Ferguson had several eminent rivals in the art of
constructing orreries ; of whom may be mentioned — 1st. Edward Wright,
Optician and Mathematical Instrument Maker : London. 2d. John Neal. 1745 : In
which year ...
Ebenezer Henderson, James Ferguson, 2010
2
Life of James Ferguson, in a brief autobiographical account ...
167; also note 111, pp. 162, 163.) We may here remark, that Ferguson had
several emine nt rivals in the art of constructing orreries ; of whom may be
mentioned — 1st. Edwakd Wright, Optician and Mathematical Instrument Maker :
London. 2d.
James Ferguson, Ebenezer Henderson, 1870
3
Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates
6. Of. Epics. and. Orreries. Copyright was an invention of eighteenth-century
Britain. It was unknown anywhere before 1700, and for much of the ensuing
century no other nation had anything like it. Even in Britain, it took until the 1770s
for the ...
4
Orrery: A Story of Mechanical Solar Systems, Clocks, and ...
orreries. Eighteenth-century models Graham and Tompion really started
something and, accelerated by Rowley and the Earl of Orrery, the production of
orreries increased enormously throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries.
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Hunt's hand-book to the official catalogues: an explanatory ...
Robert Hunt. which, by the Rule of Proportion, the power of larger kites can be
calculated. Two kites, one 15 feet in length, and the other 12 feet, have sufficient
power to draw a carriage with four or five persons when the wind is brisk. Orreries
...
Such a tube constitutes a complete single fibril. E. J. W. WHITTAKER. Research
Division, Ferodo Ltd., Chapel-en-le-Frith, Via Stockport, Cheshire. Prices of
orreries Sir, — I am now able to give more information about the original price of
my ...
7
Hunt's Hand-Book to the Official Catalogues of the Great ...
Orreries, &c. (Exhibitors 195, 212, 215.) — Orreries are instruments whereby the
various phenomena connected with the planetary system may be explained to
students in a more clear and easy manner than by verbal description, even if ...
39 LETTERS Orreries and proportion Sir, — Mr J. T. van Riemsdijk, in his article
Scientific and mechanical toys (20 December) states that orreries must be
classed as toys because of their "complete disregard for true proportion". I
hesitate to ...
24 JANUARY 1963 Orreries and other scientific toys NEW SCIENTIST (No. 323),
24 JANUARY I <J 6 3. 193 Sir, — Mr Millburn's geocentric orrery (Letters, 3
January) sounds most interesting, and is a "toy" only in the sense of being a
teaching ...
10
The Organization of Language
Alternative conceptual structures for a given string Theoretically, it is not
necessary that one of the above orreries rather than the other be considered the "
true" representation of the conceptual structure underlying the string ALICE
SELLS ...
Janice Moulton, George M. Robinson, 1981
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORRERIES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
orreries is used in the context of the following news items.
'Motion Science' sways toward kids
There are a few archive-based exhibits, too, but sadly no orreries, automata or pendulums. All of the exhibits are accompanied by comments ... «The Japan Times, Jul 15»
The Beauty Of The Solar System, Captured Around Your Wrist
Orreries are great to look at, but unless you're a die-hard astronomer, they're hardly romantic. If you're after a gift that's slightly more portable, ... «Gizmodo Australia, May 15»
Contemporary jewellery showcase
Inspired by astronomy, astrology and vintage scientific equipment such as orreries, gyroscopes and weather vanes, Rose Grant's jewellery has ... «Hereford Times, Apr 15»
io9 Newsstand: The Best Stories from the Week of April 12 - 18
I make clockwork universes, astraria and orreries, planets and stars and galaxies made microcosm and set ticking in orbit. Gears of bronze and ... «io9, Apr 15»
Die Zauberflöte, Royal Opera
Some of us still want a bit more fantasy around the age of enlightenment and orreries. The cut-down dialogue was admirably delivered, though ... «The Arts Desk, Mar 15»
Finding out how people saw the heavens long ago
“Pupils will be able to make their own orreries, which are easy to make and can be made of a variety of different materials.” University of Cardiff ... «Oxford Mail, Jan 15»
A Lange & Söhne's Moon Phase timepiece is more than a lunatic fad
When not producing mini-Orreries for the wrist, as he recently has done for the Parisian jewellery house Van Cleef & Arpels, van der Klaauw ... «Spear's WMS, May 14»
Longitude Gets Punk'd At The Royal Observatory
The building is populated with hats and dresses adorned with working orreries that replicate the orbits of the planets around the sun, and a ... «Londonist, Apr 14»
Another 31556941 Seconds Around the Sun? Happy Recycled …
Personally, if someone dropped that word into casual conversation, I'd challenge them to a duel with orreries at dawn. Incidentally, after all this ... «Slate Magazine, Jan 14»
How music gave Bach what real life could not
... as if it were one of the orreries that in Bach's time tried to replicate the mysterious but perfectly balanced movement of the heavenly spheres. «New Statesman, Nov 13»
