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Ptolemaic Planetarium, Attributed to John Rowley, English, c. 1700
Object is on display.
Inventory Number:	68353
Object Type:	Object
Place Created:	England United Kingdom Europe
Subject Classification(s):	Armillary spheres, orreries & planetaria
Accession Number:	1925-43
Provenance:	Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1925.
Collection Group:	Orrery Collection
Material(s):	ivory Silvered brass brass wire Brass
Dimensions:	Height Width Depth Diameter Unit 38.9 39.3 cm
Narratives Inventory no. 68353 - Former Display Label Pair of planetaria Orrery Collection: 1731 Inventory Orrery Collection in print Accession Record : Extract from Annual Report for 1925 Former Display Label - The Orrery Collection of Scientific Instruments Former Display Label - The Principal Makers of Instruments in the Orrery Collection

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