orrery
ORRERY
caelum gestabile (Cassiod. Ep. 1 45): sphaera in qua solis et lunae reliquarumque stellarum motus insunt (after Cic. de Rep. 1 14 22): sphaera in quam lunae solis reliquarum stellarum motus illigati sunt (after Cic. Tusc. 1 25 63).
caelum gestabile (Cassiod. Ep. 1 45): sphaera in qua solis et lunae reliquarumque stellarum motus insunt (after Cic. de Rep. 1 14 22): sphaera in quam lunae solis reliquarum stellarum motus illigati sunt (after Cic. Tusc. 1 25 63).
orrery: perh. *plănētārium (the German term): or by circuml., *solis planetarumque subtiliter descripta imago, quemadmodum se orbibus circulisque suis moventur. (R. and A. give, sphaera in qua solis et lunae reliquarumque stellarum motus insunt: with ref. to Cic. Rep. 1, 14, sphaera astris coelo inhaerentibus descripta, which expr. denotes a sort of miniature coelestial globe.)