What in the heck is an Orrery? If you’re looking at the image above we’re sure you’ve already figured it out (kudos to the big brains that knew the word). For those that don’t get it ...

Solar eclipses have fascinated observers for thousands of years. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle pointed to the round ...

[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 ...

This beautiful model of the solar system is an example of a type of instrument known as an 'orrery'. It is made of wood, brass and ivory with a paper scale which was printed and pasted on the top ...

Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery, Baron Boyle of Marston (Somerset), Baron of Broghill in Ireland, Knight of the Thistle, was buried on 11th September 1731 in the vault of the Duke of Ormond at the ...