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Fitz globe
Title
Fitz globe [cartographic material] / manufactured by Ginn & Heath.
Published
[Boston] : Ginn & Heath, [1879]
Physical Description
1 globe : hand colored, paper gores over core, mounted on a spindle, on a cast iron turntable, on a cast iron stand supporting a brass meridian 3 fourth ring and another brass 3 fourth ring ; 16 cm in diam
Cartographic Detail
Scale [ca. 1:80,000,000] (W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°).
Local Notes
BEIN Globe 71: From the library of Stephen F. Gates. Accompanied by display plate.
Notes
Relief shown by hachures.
The globe sphere was produced by Gilman Joslin, but the significance of this work relates to the mounting which was invented by Ellen Eliza Fitz.
Ellen Eliza Fitz patented a mount for a terrestrial globe, designed to show the passage of the sun.
Includes analemma.
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 21, 2018
References
Gates, S.F. Catalog of a collection of globes and books on the use of globes, spanning the years 1600-1900, 41
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Globes.
Maps.
Globes.
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