Astro-skeleton demo of Earth assembly within the orrery @MarkFrankclocks

Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Astro-skeleton demo of Earth assembly within the orrery

Name: Jean Lepine, Paris, France, c. 1800 @MarkFrankclocks
Uploaded: 2018-11-06T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: Jean Lepine, Paris, France, c. 1800. Marketed in Germany by Heinrich Carl Gropengiesser, Hameln, Germany. The political situation at the time made it more expedient for a French maker to market their wares in Germany through a local vendor.