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tellurion|tɛˈl(j)ʊərɪən|
Also tellurium.
[f. L. tellūs, tellūr-em the earth.]
An apparatus illustrating the effect of the earth's diurnal rotation and annual revolution and obliquity of axis in causing the alternations of day and night and the succession of the seasons; a simple kind of orrery.
1831Mechanics' Mag. XIV. 370/2 When the tellurion [pr. -ian] is to be used, the sign Cancer must be set toward the north. 1842Francis Dict. Arts, Tellurion, an instrument for showing the effect of the earth's motions and the obliquity of her axis. 1891Cath. News 24 Jan. 4/4 Irreverent persons echoed the inquisitive auditor's query as to the uses of a tellurion. 1905Nature 14 Sept. 493/2 The ordinary wire model or ‘tellurium’. |