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moft curious contrivance for exhibiting the appearance of 



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Moon 



with her la- 



Nodes 



dedination, equation of time, &c. It muft be underftood 

 that all thefe motions are to correfpond exadlly with the 

 celeftial motions, and not to differ fome Degrees from the 

 truth, as is common in orreries. 



The whole may be adjufted to, and kept in motion, by 

 a ftrong Pendulum Clocks neverthelefs, at liberty to be turn- 

 ed by the winch, and adjufted to any time, paft or future. 



N. B. The above machine is to be fupported by a ma- 

 hogany cafe, adorned' with foilage, and fome of the beft 

 enrichments of fculpture. The part containing the me- 

 chanical aftronomy of the Moon, has been fometime finifh- 

 ed, and is found perfedly to anfwer, by many trials al- 

 ready made of it. The remainder of the work is now al- 

 moft completed. The clock part of it may be contrived 

 to play a great variety of Mufic. 



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