Post by @th@social.v.st

I adore book scans that include ephemera like library due date cards. Makes me wonder what happened in 1996 to make this otherwise unloved book on orrery design so popular. https://archive.org/details/gearedtostarsevo00king/mode/1up

Date due sticker on a field of stars. Eight checkouts years from 1981 until 1996, then six times in that year, and then one final in 2003.

Internet Archive

Geared to the stars : the evolution of planetariums, orreries, and astronomical clocks : King, Henry C : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Bibliography: p. 405-428

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