A photo of a ring has recently gone viral on social media and the internet is all hearts. The 16th century ring appears to be like an astronomical web with various other rings fitted into it. This is ...

Astronomers in the 16th through 19th centuries used to wear rings that unfolded to become instruments used for calculations. The rings, which looked like normal finger rings, were actually armillary ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In this picture, we can see two scholars seated beneath a grand structure called an armillary sphere. An armillary ...

'Whole Universe In Your Hands...' This 16th Century Antique Ring Takes Internet By Surprise. Here Is Why (Image: British Museum) Antique Rings: What would it feel like to wear the universe on your ...

Copernican armillary sphere from set of two armillary spheres and a celestial globe constructed in paper on pasteboard with metal fitments supported on a decorative mahogany baluster base. Shows ...

This magnificent armillary sphere stands in the centre of the museum's top gallery. It was designed to show a model of the universe according the ancient astronomer, Claudius Ptolemy, with the Earth ...