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Newton's improved pocket celestial globe
Title
Newton's improved pocket celestial globe.
Publication
[London] : [Newton & Son], [1860?]
Physical Description
1 globe : hand colored ; 8 cm in diameter, in case 10 cm in diameter
Cartographic Detail
Scale not given (Right ascension 0 hr. to 24 hr./Declination +90° to -90°).
Local Notes
BEIN Globe 22: Housed in fish skin case with celestial view titled "Newton's improved pocket celestial globe." From the library of Jonathan T. Lanman.
BEIN Globe 49: From the library of Stephen F. Gates. Accompanied by display plate.
Notes
Mounted in a brass meridian ring that fits into a wooden horizon circle inset into the lower half of a spherical shagreen-covered case. A hand colored diagram of the solar system (that includes Uranus, called here Hershal) is pasted into the interior of the top half of the spherical case.
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 31, 2018
References
Gates, S.F. Catalog of a collection of globes and books on the use of globes, spanning the years 1600-1900, 19
Dekker, E. Globes at Greenwich, GLB0060, pages 428-429
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Celestial globes.
Also listed under
Gates Collection of Globes and Books about Globes.
England London.
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