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One of the first known orreries is the Antikythera mechanism, from between 150BC and 100BC, which was discovered in 1900 in a wreck off the Greek island of that name.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2020

He would put on planetarium-esque light shows for his daughters, and his studio was filled with orreries — Renaissance-era models of the solar system.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2019

Wands, brass orreries and hermetic inscriptions abound, along with many other symbols of the mystic traditions Crowley draws on in his acclaimed short stories and novels.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2016

Cosmic models also have a surprisingly long technological prehistory, involving astronomical clocks, walk-in revolving globes and giant mechanical orreries, many astonishingly complex.

From Nature

As such they were comparable to the orreries of the 18th century and to modern planetariums; that they also showed the time and rang it on bells was almost incidental to their main function.

From On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass by Price, Derek J. de Solla (Derek John de Solla)