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Meccano Orrery Plan Taster photos about 600K of pictures

 
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tmuir


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:21 pm    Post subject: Meccano Orrery Plan Taster photos about 600K of pictures Reply with quote
Here are some of the pictures from plans to build Orrery to give you an idea how complex it is.







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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
yes i definatley would like some pics plaese mate
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Someone had to design that . . . .
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 3:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Excuse me, but what is an orrery?
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 3:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Excuse me, but what is an orrery?


A mechanical device which show the relative movements of the planets in our solar system around the sun.
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I see
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