There are 167 entries of Inspired Inventions in the Atlas

South San Francisco, California

Lucia and Aristides Demetrios Wind Harp

A large instrument played by the wind
10 Apr 2010
Prague, Czech Republic

Prague Astronomical Clock

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s
16 Jul 2009
Vienna, Austria

Clock Museum

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999
12 Mar 2010
Kaag, Austria

Franz Gsellmann's Weltmaschine

"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer
22 Jun 2010
Jaipur, India

Jantar Mantar

The world's largest sundial
26 Nov 2008
Besançon, France

The Astronomical Clock of Besançon

One of the world's most complex timepieces
10 Nov 2009
Vienna, Austria

Globe Museum

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet
19 Dec 2008
Tucson, Arizona

University of Arizona Mathematical Models Collection

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators
19 Dec 2008
London, England

Clock of the Long Now: Prototype 1

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years
09 Dec 2009
Greencastle, Indiana

Periodic Table Display

Display that gathers the basic elements of the universe in one convenient location
21 Mar 2010
Lexington, Kentucky

The Monroe Moosnick Medical and Science Museum

Outstanding collection of 19th century medical instruments includes a life-size figure cast from as many as 200 cadavers
09 Sep 2010
Franeker, Netherlands

Eisinga Planetarium

Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery
23 Jan 2009
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