Model of Earth from a tellurium

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This ivory model of the Earth is part of the tellurium attachement of a William Jones orrery. It is marked with lines of longitude, equator and tropics.

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Object Details

ID:	AST1056.1
Type:	Model of Earth from a tellurium
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Jones, William
Date made:	1781-1790
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements:	Diameter: 15 mm
Parts:	A New Portable Orrery (Orrery) Model of Earth from a tellurium (AST1056.1) Box for planetarium (AST1056.2) Box (AST1056.3) Model and bracket for Mercury (AST1056.4) Bracket for Venus (AST1056.5) Model and bracket for Earth (AST1056.6) Bracket for Mars (AST1056.7) Model and bracket for Jupiter (AST1056.8) Bracket for Saturn (AST1056.9) Model of Saturn (AST1056.10) Model of a planet (AST1056.11) Semi circular fixing (AST1056.12) Pin (AST1056.13)