Bell Street Hall poster, 1849 or 1855

“The Heavens declare the Glory of God, and the Firmament sheweth His handy work.” Psalm XIX.

POSITIVELY FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY!!!

Other engagements precluding the possibility of a longer stay.

BELL STREET HALL, DUNDEE,
ON
TUESDAY EVG. NEXT,
The 25th SEPTEMBER.
MR. HENRY, F.S.A.,

Has the honour to announce his intention of giving a Popular Exposition of the Science of ASTRONOMY, illustrated by a

MAGNIFICENT PANORAMA
OF THE
HEAVENS

Comprising more than 7,000 Comets, Nebulæ, and other objects of UNIVERSAL STELLAR

CREATION

WITH SPLENDID PAINTINGS OF THE

EARTH,
ZODIACS, & CONSTELLATIONS,

and assisted by valuable Astronomical Instruments, including the immense

PLANETARIUM

Showing, at one view, all the Planets in actual motion, by

MACHINERY

AND OCCUPYING A SPACE OF MORE THAN 200 FEET.

This Instrument is of a most costly and splendid description, being on a scale of Magnitude and Magnificence never before attempted in England. To the spectator, the Sun and Planets, the accuracy of their motions, with the changing of the Moon from the first to the last Quarter, and their appearances as though they were suspended in space, produce one of the grandest illustrations of the Heavens that can be conceived; conveying to the youthful mind a more correct notion of the

SOLAR SYSTEM

than years of study.

SCENE 1. An exquisite Painting, showing the Astronomical View of all the Constellations, Stars and Nebule of the Northern Hemisphere.

Subject: The Fixed Stars – The Planets – The Constellations

SCENE 2. A magnificent View of the Earth, 45 feet in circumference, apparently suspended in space, surrounded with its atmosphere and clouds.

Subject: The Earth’s shape – Its size, how ascertained – Its distance from the Sun – Its Velocity, &c.

SCENE 3. A Splendid Geometrical Projection of the Earth

Subject: The Measurement of Planetary Distances

SCENE 4. An Exquisitely-finished Drawing of the Modern Zodiac, showing the Earth’s position in the Ecliptic, at various seasons of the year

Subject: The cause of the Seasons – Winter, Summer, Spring, and Autumn

SCENE 5. Highly-finished drawing of the Hindoo Zodiac – taken from the Hindoo Pantheon, with Remarks

SCENE 6. Sculpture-like painting of the Celebrated Denderian Zodiac, taken from the Temple of Isis, in Egypt, and supposed to the Antidiluvian, and copied, by permission of the French Government, from the original, now in the King’s Museum at Paris.

Scene 7 A moveable astronomical instrument for showing the cause of eclipses

The Machinery with be combined with Dioramic effect, producing an exact representation of an Eclipse.

The Scene represents the venerable Ruins of St. Mary’s Abbey, York, at Midnight, and from that hour till the Moon reaches the highest point in the horizon, the various effects of light are brought to view; the lingering darkness gradually disappears – the Clouds change both in form and colour – the enchanting Ruins melt into light – the ivy leaves sparkle with a silvery brightness – the Moon gradually becomes eclipsed – all the gradations of light and shade are observable without there being the slightest perception in what manner these changes are produced.

Scene 8. The Magnificent and Unrivalled Planetarium, with the Panorama of the Heavens.

In this splendid View of the Solar System, the motions of the Planets, both primary and secondary, may be seen at one glance. MERCURY, VENUS, the EARTH, and MOON, with the continual version of its Phases from the first to the last Quarter – MARS, JUPITER, and its four MOONS, SATURN, its Rings and SEVEN MOONS, as also Hershell and its Six Moons; converying to the spectator the most sublime view of the beautiful precision and harmony of the Celestial Spheres that is possible to conceive.

The last new discovered planet by Le Verrier, is added to the Machinery of the Planetarium, and will be seen revolving in its orbit, the distance of which from the Sun is 3,200,000,000 miles, and the size of which is computed to be more than 48 times larger than the Earth.

Scene 9. A Telescopic view of the Moon as seen through Lord Ross’s immense Telescope within the last three Months.

THIS MAP OF THE MOON

the most correct ever taken, and is 46 feet in circumference

After the conclusion of the Astronomical Entertainment, a variety of

DISSOLVING ILLUSTRATIONS!
OF THE MOST REMARKABLE PLACES IN
THE WORLD!

Being Forty in Number

And 4,000 Square Feet of Illuminated Scenery,

Including Views of PALESTINE, INTERIORS of CASTLES, RUINS of REMARKABLE ABBEYS, LANDSCAPES, ALPINE PASSES, GLACIERS, AVALANCHES, VOLCANOES, ICEBERGS, WATERFALLS, and FORESTS, will be exhibited.

PROGRAMME AS FOLLOWS:—

VIEWS OF PALESTINE.—Pool of Siloam.—Tomb of Absalom, Valley of Jehoshaphat.—Village of Bethany, with the Tomb of Lazarus.—Lake of Genneseroth, by moonlight.—Church of the Nativity of the Saviour, at Bethlehem.—Mount Tabor, and the River Kishon.—Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem.

VIEWS IN ENGLAND.—Interior of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London.—Ruins of Netley Abbey by Moonlight.—Cloisters of Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire.

IRELAND.—Large Cavern at the Giant’s Causeway.—Ruins of Abbey Dermot.

WALES.—Ruins of Tintern Abbey, on the River Wye.

SCOTLAND.—Holyrood, by Moonlight.

SWITZERLAND.—Castle of Chillon, Lake of Geneva.—Swiss Cottage and Mill.

INDIA.—The Sacred Shrines, at Dwarka.

SYRIA.—Falls of Cydnus, near Tarsus.

FRANCE.—Hospital of Invalids at Paris.

GERMANY.—Tomb of Maximilian I. at Inspruck.

AMERICA.—Charlestown, on the Mississippi.

NAPLES.—Eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

POLAR REGIONS.—View of the Grand Icebergs, by Captain Ross.

AND ALTERNATING WITH THE

CHROMATROPE

Producing an Unique and Brilliant Display of

CHINESE FIREWORKS.

The following is quoted from the “Times” of October 6th, under the head “Mechanical Ingenuity”:

“Mr. HENRY’S Planetarium is a perfect model of the Solar System, moving, with exactness and beautiful precision, the revolution of the different planetary bodies around the Sun, the diurnal motion, the motion of the Satellites or Moons, &c. The operation of the machinery is beautiful, and conveys at one glance a more correct idea of our system than many years of patient study. This Instrument stands alone a noble contribution to the science of Astronomy. The grand Panorama with which Mr. Henry illustrates his subject consists of upwards of 5,000 square feet of canvas, successively brought to view, and represents more than 7,000 objects, the proper motion and position of our Earth and Moon, with the planetary bodies in the stellar universe, exact appearances of most of the celebrated Comets, and immense clusters of remarkable Nebulæ. These, with other Apparatus of a similar nature, comprising the most brilliant and splendid diagrams of the sidereal heavens, have been executed with the utmost truth and beauty by eminent artists, from drawings made by Dr. Herschel and Lord Rosse, and are now exhibiting at the British Association for the Promotion of Science, to crowded audiences.”

FIRST-CLASS SEATS, 1s. 6d.; SECOND-CLASS Do., 1s.

Scholars and Children admitted at One Shilling each to the front seats only.

A Family Ticket, to admit Three Adults to the Front Seats, Four Shillings, may be had of Mr Henry, at the Royal Hotel, on the day of Exhibition, or at Mr Chalmers, Castle Street.

Doors open at half-past 7, commence at 8, & conclude at a Quarter to 10 o’clock.

The above Exhibition will be given in the MUSIC HALL, Edinburgh, on MONDAY and TUESDAY Evenings, the 1st and 2d of October.

J. CHALMERS, PRINTER, DUNDEE.