Transcriber’s Notes:
Underscores “_” before and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_
in the original text.
Small capitals have been converted to SOLID capitals.
Old or antiquated spellings have been preserved.
Typographical errors have been silently corrected.
[Illustration:
The GREAT ORRERY Four Feet in Diameter _Made by_ THO: WRIGHT
_Mathematical Instrument-maker_ TO HIS MAJESTY For the Royal Academy at
PORTSMOUTH Now B. Cole, _at the same shop_.
Who makes Orrery’s of different sorts _as may be seen at his Shop in_
FLEET STREET
_Where is Sold a Large Print of the Orrery with the Explanation on a
Sheet of Imperial Paper._ Price 2s.]
THE Description and Use OF
THE GLOBES, AND THE ORRERY.
To which is prefix’d,
By Way of INTRODUCTION,
A brief Account of the SOLAR SYSTEM.
By JOSEPH HARRIS,
TEACHER of the MATHEMATICS.
THE ELEVENTH EDITION.
_LONDON_:
Printed for B. COLE, at the _Orrery_, near the
_Globe Tavern_, in _Fleet street_, late the Shop
of Mr. THOMAS WRIGHT, Instrument-maker to his
late MAJESTY; and E. CUSHEE, near St. _Dunstan_’s
Church, _Fleet Street_.
MDCCLXXIII.
Advertisement.
The great encouragement Mr. WRIGHT has had for many years past in
making large _Orreries_, with the motions of all the Planets and
Satellites, and the true motion of _Saturn_’s Ring, has made him so
ready and perfect, that Gentlemen may depend on having them made
reasonable and sound, not liable to be out of Order.
As may be seen by one he made for Mr. _Watt_’s Academy in
_Tower-street_.
Another for his Majesty at _Kensington_.
Another for the New Royal Academy at _Portsmouth_.