Death to the Planet Death to the Planet Death to the Planet is an EP by British jazz/electronica trio The Comet Is Coming. It was released by The Leaf Label as part of Record Store Day 2017. "Death to the Planet" is the third release by the London-based the group. It follows their initial EP, "Prophecy" (2015), and their Mercury Prize nominated debut album "Channel the Spirits" (2016). It was released on limited edition orange vinyl for Record Store Day, with a subsequent release on black vinyl. The EP was described by Record Store Day as "the sound of total planetary destruction, produced with
Sun and planet gear Sun and planet gear The sun and planet gear is a method of converting reciprocating motion to rotary motion and was used in the first rotative beam engines. It was invented by the Scottish engineer William Murdoch, an employee of Boulton and Watt, but was patented by James Watt in October 1781. It was invented to bypass the patent on the crank, already held by James Pickard. It played an important part in the development of devices for rotation in the Industrial Revolution. The sun and planet gear converted the vertical motion of a beam, driven by a steam engine,