Orrery demonstrating the transit of Venus mb-code IOM_MNH_1978_0199b From: Commentarium magnum Averrois in

From: Commentarium magnum Averrois in Aristotelis De Anima libros

View of the entrance of St Bartholomew's Hospital from Smithfield

Alan Taylor

Above the royal couple is a canopy and to the right are guards with instruments in box

Orrery demonstrating the transit of Venus mb-code IOM_MNH_1978_0199b From: Commentarium magnum Averrois inOrrery demonstrating the transit of Venus. An orrery is a mechanical device demonstrating the relative positions and motions of planets and moons in the solar system. This example was made for the Royal Society to show the transit of Venus across the sun as seen from the Earth. When the handle is turned, Venus rotates around the Sun. 1761