December 25, 2008
Tongue-twister
What’s the connection between objects like (1) and (2)?
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Answer:
Orreries (working mockups of heavenly bodies) are named after Charles Boyle, the 4th Earl of Orrery.
What’s the connection between objects like (1) and (2)?
Cracked by duriel and username!
Answer:
Orreries (working mockups of heavenly bodies) are named after Charles Boyle, the 4th Earl of Orrery.
2. Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery
1 gets its name from 2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orrery
2. the fellow is Charles Boyle
under the patronage of Boyle, clockmaker George Graham created the first mechanical solar system model that could demonstrate proportional motion of the planets around the Sun. The device was named the orrery in the Earl’s honor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C....._of_Orrery