Description:
Book entitled: The description and use of a new portable orrery, on a simple construction, representing the motions and phenomena of the planetary system, but more particularly the motions of the earth and moon round the sun ... To which is prefixed, a short account of the solar system, or the true system of the world / by William Jones. London : Printed for, and sold by W. and S. Jones, 1812. The book contains 50 pages, 4 folded plates : illustrations, folded frontispiece. This is the 6th edition. Selling for an additional 3 shillings, Jones’ first edition of the instruction manual was printed in 1782, when he was 20 years old. The booklet contains an account of the solar system and operation of the orrery to view various astronomical phenomena. The Wellcome Collection in London has a copy of this manual and has made it available online.

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