Orrery, tellurium or planetary model, c. 1712, made for Charles Boyle, the fourth Earl of Orrery by John Rowley, Fleet Street, London. Orrery, tellurium or planetary model, c. 1712, made for Charles ...

This beautiful model of the solar system is an example of a type of instrument known as an 'orrery'. It is made of ... Newton 66 Chancery Lane, LONDON', and signed 'Cary London'.

Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery, Baron Boyle of Marston (Somerset), Baron of Broghill in Ireland ... Brought up at Knole House in Kent (the seat of his uncle) he was educated in London and Oxford.