Where could I find a scale model of the solar system in action with the planets revolving and rotating?
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Many. They are called orreries. There is one on the internet too (see reference). The first reference has a picture of one at the Smithsonian.
Before the orrery, there was something similar called the armillary sphere, invented by Eratosthenes (aka spherical astrolabe, armilla, or armil).
The tellurian is similar to orrery. Sometimes an orrery was called a planetarium.
Europe: The Netherlands: city Franeker: the old fashioned Planetarium. Beautyful. Worth to visit.
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