Orrery demonstrating the transit of Venus Size:Large: 7 x 5in The school was housed in

The school was housed in the building known as Barber's Barn on the east side of Mare Street

Botanical studies of Indian hemp

with a white shirt and lace neck-cravat

'Mater Dolorosa'

the Oxfordshire village where he had settled

Orrery demonstrating the transit of Venus Size:Large: 7 x 5in The school was housed inOrrery demonstrating the transit of Venus, with case. An orrery is a mechanical device demonstrating the relative positions and motions of planets and moons in the solar system. This example was made for the Royal Society to show the transit of Venus across the sun as seen from the Earth. When the handle is turned, Venus rotates around the Sun. 1761