| 书目名称 | Orrery | | 副标题 | A Story of Mechanica | | 编辑 | Tony Buick | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Presents the history and development of orreries and introduces the Irish earls of Orrery after whom the astronomical device was named.Uniquely brings together the topics of clocks, orreries, and thei | | 丛书名称 | Astronomers‘ Universe | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .“Orrery” appeals to almost anyone interested in popular astronomy, astronomical mechanical devices, scientific instruments, the history of clocks - and even the history of aristocratic and prestigious families! Many people these days – not only astronomers – have a good idea of the main components of the Solar System. They might also know about the orrery, a mechanical model that shows the movements of the Moon and planets. But not too many know why it was so named and who it was named after. The Boyle family – the Earls of Orrery –include the famous Boyle of Boyle’s Law. But others were key in the history of the orrery, not the least being clockmakers. Aware of the lunar and planetary content of the sky, they strove to make scientific instruments to demonstrate their movements and introduced measuring devices to predict their positions. In antiquity, their lives on occasion depended on the accuracy; upsetting kings and lords was dangerous business!.Orreries are found everywhere. They can be made of wood or metal, and are even available today as home-assembly kits and children’s toys. They appear in paintings, on computers, on the side of royal clocks, in stately home hallways, an | | 出版日期 | Book 20141st edition | | 关键词 | Astronomical Clocks; Earls of Orrery; History of the Orrery; Mechanical Astronomical Instruments; Modern | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7043-4 | | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4614-7043-4Series ISSN 1614-659X Series E-ISSN 2197-6651 | | issn_series | 1614-659X | | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 |
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