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Heaven & EarthMemorial to Jeremiah Horrocks (Liverpool 1618 - Liverpool 1641), English astronomer(Wikipedia) |
Andy Plant
2011 |
Sculpture of a stylised telescope aimed at a (working) hand powered mechanical orrery, where the position of Venus had been replaced by a copper angel version of Jeremiah and as his wings flap he orbits the other planets. Inside the large telescope there is (was?) a video animation of the life of Jeremiah by Tim Hunkin. Horrocks was the first astronomer to calculate the transit of planet Venus in front of the Sun.
The base is circumscribed with:
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