The Meccano Orrery--Built by Rob Beijersbergen

 
 

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Gearing

This picture shows the under-side of the earth-moon rotating unit. The unit is driven from the main axle by way of a set of helical gears #211a/b. Two bevel gears #30 keep the whole system in place so that the earth can rotate around its own axis and the rotation of the arm around the central year-axle makes the seasons visible.