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While classical orreries predate the Victorian era, there seems to be an almost inexplicable link between orreries and the Steampunk aesthetic. But [Marian]’s orrery brought the term “LEGOpunk ...
[Illusionmanager] continues the orrery tradition but uses a different approach: he built a beautiful ceiling-mounted model of our Solar System without a gearing system. The mechanism that makes ...
But his recent wooden creation, the majestic Celestial Mechanical Calendar and Orrery, doesn't tell time at all. "This is driven by clockworks," the retired chiropractor says. "But I've got other ...
Armstrong Metalcrafts’ Mechanical Paradox Orrery is an interpretation of the one that James Ferguson built in 1750. Brass, precision ball bearings, and mahogany make up each one. It measures ...
The pair are finishing the monumental task of reassembling the object — the Grand Orrery — after studying each of its pieces in a disassembled form. The process is almost complete. Harvard ...