Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) Meta-words orrery
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
OP "An orrery is a mechanical device designed to demonstrate the rotation and orbital motion of the earth, and the orbital motion of the moon and the planets. The device was given the name orrery by its inventor, John Rowley, as a gesture of gratitude to the nobleman who employed himCharles Boyle, the fourth Earl of Orrery (16761731)."
For a picture of an orrery:
http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/apow/ap2003.04.07.shtml
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted orrery wwh 12/13/03 04:06 PM Re: orrery Wordwind 12/25/03 09:04 PM Re: orrery wwh 12/25/03 09:19 PM Re: orrery sjmaxq 12/25/03 09:25 PM Re: orrery Wordwind 12/25/03 09:40 PM Re: orrery Buffalo Shrdlu 12/25/03 10:00 PM Re: orrery Wordwind 12/26/03 03:26 PM Re: orrery shanks 12/27/03 07:32 PM
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics Forums16Topics13,913Posts229,421Members9,182 Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV
9,182 Registered Users
Who's Online Now 0 members (), 805 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 23
Top Posters wwh 13,858Faldage 13,803Jackie 11,613wofahulicodoc 10,592tsuwm 10,542LukeJavan8 9,922Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210AnnaStrophic 6,511Wordwind 6,296of troy 5,400
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org