Other beginning words, such as orrery, posset and mornay, also defeated spellers. From Wordnik.com. [www.the-daily-record.com's Homepage Articles] Reference
The Rev.Mr. Veal had an orrery, an electrifying machine. From Wordnik.com. [Vanity Fair] Reference
It was crude, but it might serve to represent the orrery. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
Ser Perth stripped off the case to reveal the orrery to Hanson. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
Wishing to built an orrery my first step was to make a drawing. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference
The orrery was housed temporarily in the reconstituted hall of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
Just being able to type orrery without screwing up is an accomplishment. From Wordnik.com. [Useful and Beautiful Devices | clusterflock] Reference
Grammar and the "Stream of Time," so absorbed was he in making his orrery. From Wordnik.com. [By the Christmas Fire] Reference
Also available at the same site, the Solar System Live: interactive orrery. From Wordnik.com. [The Canberra Night Sky] Reference
Above is the plan for the orrery, which will track the movement of the planets. From Wordnik.com. [Neal Stephenson and the Clock of the Long Now - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games] Reference
Then he straightened, moving his hands toward the orrery in passes too rapid to be seen. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
Through the diamond lens, Hanson could see the model of the world in the orrery changing. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
He had suddenly realized what horrors were possible to anyone who could use the orrery now. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
The orrery represents the solar system not by describing it, but by serving as a model of it. From Wordnik.com. [Ce n'est pas un monde virtuel] Reference
The fools who had moved the orrery must have been so careless that they'd sprung the mechanism. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
Frank had read of an orrery in which the motions of the planets were shown by ingenious mechanism. From Wordnik.com. [By the Christmas Fire] Reference
Beautiful shiny fans -- nice mix of mahogany and polished metal and tilt-a-whirl-like orrery action. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: March 28, 2004 - April 3, 2004 Archives] Reference
The orrery named Rumpelstilsken was obeying its orders fully, and the universe was obeying its symbol. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
He stared doubtfully at the rods and bearings that supported the model world in the center of the orrery. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
He slapped the cover shut and stuck the sun-tipped awl where it would light as much of the orrery as possible. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
From same, how to make a Tellurium, an orrery-like device that shows the movements of the earth and the moon. From Wordnik.com. [DIY] Reference
If you want a model to determine how the orbits should be, we have the finest orrery ever built here in the camp. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
That little feat of Atlas would be child's-play to him; for he could step off with a whole orrery on those shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866] Reference
He clutched it in his hand and touched it against the orrery, trying to remember the formula for the giving of a true name. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
Huge book - shelves occupied two of the walls, an orrery stood against a third, while dusty curiosities filled up the corners. From Wordnik.com. [True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best] Reference
The Eclipses of the Sun and Moon &c. He shewed us another orrery, which exhibits the true Inclination of the orbit of each of the. From Wordnik.com. [John Adams diary 21, 15 August - 3 September 1774] Reference
As I said earlier, it's like the difference between reading about the orbits of the planets in our solar system or using an orrery. From Wordnik.com. [Ce n'est pas un monde virtuel] Reference
Miss Edgeworth's most striking plea for grown-up-edness versus childish curiosity was elaborated in her story of Frank and his orrery. From Wordnik.com. [By the Christmas Fire] Reference
The warlocks began to close ranks, falling back to make a stand under the jutting edge of the roof, where they could protect the orrery. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
But I would never say that the description of orbits via textually portrayed mathematics or via an orrery changes the orbits themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Ce n'est pas un monde virtuel] Reference
The Book of Common Prayer in the priest's coat pocket, contains an elaborate system, a liturgical orrery, for the public marking of time. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Common Prayer, part 5: The importance of evensong] Reference
I love this simple wooden orrery from Muji's gift lineup. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
There were an orrery out of repair, and a few detached parts of philosophical apparatus. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe] Reference
Miriam looked at him for a moment inquiringly, and then fell to watching the orrery again. From Wordnik.com. [Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers] Reference
Posidonius constructed an orrery, which exhibited the diurnal motions of the sun, moon, and five planets. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.] Reference
I'd go with an orrery, but I've already got the perfect orrery on the ceiling (move it to the floor and invert it?). From Wordnik.com. [What Is This Crap?] Reference
He used also a combination of pulleys, and he constructed an orrery to represent the movement of the heavenly bodies. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.] Reference
Over against the windows were three large bookcases, upon the top of the middle one stood an orrery, and a globe on each of the others. From Wordnik.com. [A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue] Reference
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