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John Fulton (1803–1853), was originally a cobbler or shoemaker by trade.〔(Fenwick Weavers ) Retrieved : 2012-07-24〕 He built three orrerys in a workshop attached to at his home, now demolished, in the Kirton Brae area of Fenwick〔Love, Page 102〕 and was eventually appointed instrument maker to King William IV, moving to London, but retiring to Fenwick. He is buried in the Fenwick Kirk graveyard.〔 ==Life== It is recorded that John's father, also a cobbler, was a subscribing member to the library set up in the village by the Fenwick Weavers and with access to this library, he pursued his interest in astronomy, mathematics, physics, and other disciplines that led to his career as an instrument maker of outstanding ability and achievement.〔〔Adamson, Page 120〕 Largely self-taught, he studied botany, learned several foreign languages, constructed a ‘velocipede’ or early bicycle, and experimented with the production of coal gas. He had left school at the age of only thirteen. However astronomy held a particular fascination for him and led to his constructing, in his spare time, three working models of the solar system, known as orrerys.〔(Future Museum ) Retrieved : 2012-07-24〕
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