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           the
ORRERY
— considering the topical in the light of the eternal —

CAVEAT LECTOR
    warning & disclaimer

MODUS OPERANDI
plan & purpose

VADEMECUM
                              the discourses

ODD LOTS
—An orrery 
is a miniature planetarium, 
a small-scale mechanical model 
of the solar system which allows 
some aspects of the planets 
and their respective satellites 
to be observed in relationship 
to each other's motions.