A constellation introduced by the German
astronomer Johann Bode on his Uranographia atlas of 1801, representing one of the
mechanical wonders of the age, an electrostatic generator. Bode
presumably was attempting to emulate the Frenchman Nicolas
Louis de Lacaille who had introduced constellations
representing scientific and technical inventions. However,
Bode’s new constellations never achieved lasting
acceptance. Machina Electrica lay in the southern sky between
the modern Fornax and Sculptor, two Lacaille constellations.
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Machina Electrica, a constellation invented by Johann Bode and shown on his Uranographia star atlas of 1801.
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