was wotd|2006|March|8
English
Etymology
Named after w:Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery|Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (1676-1731), for whom such a device was made.
Pronunciation
IPA|/'�ɹ�ɹi/
Noun
en-noun|orrer|ies
- a clockwork model of the solar system
#:*1985: To which his answer was: why, that God is eternal motion, Lacy. This is his first orrery. � John Fowles, A Maggot
#:*1997: Ethelmer for a split second is gazing straight up into her nostrils, one of which now flares into pink illumination as Pitt�s Taper sets alight the central Lanthorn of the Orrery, representing the Sun. The other Planets wait, all but humming, taut within their spidery Linkages back to the Crank-Shaft and the Crank, held in the didactic Grasp of the Revd Cherrycoke. � Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
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