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Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery KT PC FRS (28 July 1674 - 28 August 1731) was an English nobleman, statesman and patron of the sciences.
Boyle became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1706. In 1713, under the patronage of Boyle, clockmaker George Graham created the first mechanical solar system model that could demonstrate proportional motion of the planets around the Sun. The device was named the orrery in the Earl's honour.
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