† eidouranionn.
The name given to a mechanical contrivance for representing the motions of the heavenly bodies; cf. orrery n.
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heaven1600
orrery1713
planetarium1734
transitarium1761
tellurion1763
eidouraniona1800
a1800 S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. (1803) 252 How otherwise is the next generation to understand what is meant by the Lyceum, the Eidophusicon, Sir Ashton Lever's Holophusicon, Walker's Eidouranion?
1822 M. Edgeworth Frank: Sequel II. 246 He saw in large letters..Orrery and Eidouranion.
1829 T. L. Peacock Misfortunes Elphin vi. 82 Astronomy..elevating the mind, as the eidouranion lecturers have it, to sublime contemplations.
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