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  <dc:title>Orrery by Benjamin Cole</dc:title>
  <dc:description>A brass orrery with two globular fittings depicting Venus and the sun, on a wooden mount. Demonstrates the transit of Venus: when the handle is turned Venus rotates around the sun. Base inscribed 'B. COLE MAKER LONDON'. </dc:description>
  <dc:date>c.1761</dc:date>
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