Plane and profile views of stars moving around a central body (1750) by Thomas Wright, from An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe.
Source: The Getty / Internet Archive
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“Solar System” Quilt (1876–ca. 1883) by Ellen Harding Baker.
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
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