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19 afterwards Earl of Orrery. Their letters and disputations on this subject, enlivened on both sides with much wit and learning, will ever bear a conspicuous place in the literary history of the seventeenth century.

Veal had an orrery, an electrifying machine, a turning lathe, a theatre (in the wash-house), a chemical apparatus, and what he called a select library of all the works of the best authors of ancient and modern times and languages.

Included in the inteneray was a viewing of the Grand Orrery, a mechanical model of the solar system built around 1758.

Joshua Harvey, who studies at the Discovery School, in Newcastle, has been honoured by the Ogden Trust for his work in designing and building a clockwork model of the solar system, known as an orrery, which shows the speed in which the planets rotate around each other.

Discovery School pupil Joshua Harvey, 17, has been honoured by The Ogden Trust for designing and building a clockwork model of the solar system, known as an orrery, which shows the speed in which the planets rotate around each other.

The 4th Earl of Orrery (1676-1731) gave his name to a clockwork invention.

Complementing the four-timepiece collection is an equally intriguing mechanical orrery, noteworthy for showing nine planets from Mercury to Pluto and its ability to compress a year's worth of planetary motion into 37 seconds.

What is depicted by the 18th century mechanical device known as an orrery? 4.

Former Foundlings girl Pandora later makes contact to warn him that he is also being watched by a rich woman called Madame Orrery. It becomes known that the pair want to get their hands on a gift Cirrus' father left him.

The Orrery, the 18ft sculpture representing the city at the centre of the creative universe, will appear in the Park area of the music festival, which starts tomorrow.

Bryn Williams, 27, who grew up in the Denbigh area, now works at the award-winning London restaurant Orrery.