tellurion

Etymology


From (ultimately from   (a Latinate suffix used in place of ), possibly coined by  (baptized 1705; died 1782), an English lecturer, lexicographer, and maker of scientific instruments: see the quotation.

Noun

 * 1)  An instrument used to show how the rotation of the Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun cause day and night and the seasons.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Irish: teallúrán
 * Polish: