Orrery demonstrating the transit of Venus Size:Large: 7 x 5in Abel wears a dark suit

Abel wears a dark suit and has prominent side-whiskers

Cecil Clifford Dobell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1918

The school was housed in the building known as Barber's Barn on the east side of Mare Street

Half-length portrait of Weldon

Botanical studies of Indian hemp

Orrery demonstrating the transit of Venus Size:Large: 7 x 5in Abel wears a dark suitOrrery demonstrating the transit of Venus, with case. An orrery is a mechanical device demonstrating the relative positions and motions of planets and moons in the solar system. This example was made for the Royal Society to show the transit of Venus across the sun as seen from the Earth. When the handle is turned, Venus rotates around the Sun. 1761