orrery

[ awr-uh-ree, or- ]

/ ˈɔr ə ri, ˈɒr- /

an apparatus for representing the positions, motions, and phases of the planets, satellites, etc., in the solar system.

any of certain similar machines, as a planetarium.

Origin of orrery

First recorded in 1705–15; named after Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery (1676–1731), for whom it was first made

orpiment, orpine, orpington, orr, orra, orrery, orrin, orris, orrisroot, orrow, orseille

You therefore present this orrery to any person, and desire him to choose one of the questions there written.

Endless Amusement |Unknown
He gave notice, says Orrery, that he would read prayers every Wednesday and Friday.

Swift |Leslie Stephen
The packet being sealed, Orrery did not know the contents, and Pope asserted that he had burnt it almost as soon as received.

Alexander Pope |Leslie Stephen
He clutched it in his hand and touched it against the orrery, trying to remember the formula for the giving of a true name.

The Sky Is Falling |Lester del Rey

Then he straightened, moving his hands toward the orrery in passes too rapid to be seen.

The Sky Is Falling |Lester del Rey

orrery

/ (ˈɒrərɪ) /

a mechanical model of the solar system in which the planets can be moved at the correct relative velocities around the sun

C18: originally made for Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery