M0000473: metal Ptolemaic armillary sphere

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A model of objects in the solar system with the Earth as the centre, rather than the sun. The item was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and is now on permanent loan to the <a href="https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co57087/ptolomaic-armillary-sphere-armillary-sphere" rel="nofollow">Science Museum</a>.

M0000473: metal Ptolemaic armillary sphere

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