DESIGN NAME: Us374409a
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Tellurian
INSPIRATION: Tellurion is related to the orrery, which illustrates the relative positions and motions of the planets and moons in the Solar System in a heliocentric model.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Drawing from U.S. Patent 374,409 dated 1887, illustrating a tellurion, also spelled tellurian, tellurium, or loxocosm, is a clock, surmounted by a mechanism that depicts how day, night, and the seasons are caused by the rotation and orientation of Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Prototype
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: 8
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: 35pt Black Core
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: 63 mm × 88 mm
TAGS: Patents
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Alpha
CHALLENGE: Unique
ADDED DATE: 2022-04-03 16:27:50
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IMAGE CREDITS: William L. Holden
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