Associations to the word «Orrery»

Wiktionary

ORRERY, noun. A clockwork model of any given solar system.

Dictionary definition

ORRERY, noun. Planetarium consisting of an apparatus that illustrates the relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar system by rotation and revolution of balls moved by wheelwork; sometimes incorporated in a clock.

Wise words

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery