A LATE VICTORIAN BRASS, IRON AND GLASS PLANETARIUM
A LATE VICTORIAN BRASS, IRON AND GLASS PLANETARIUM

CIRCA 1900

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A LATE VICTORIAN BRASS, IRON AND GLASS PLANETARIUM
CIRCA 1900
With a five inch (12.7 cm.) diameter terrestrial globe in place of the Sun, a mechanical stage carrying a skeleton Earth runs along a ring engraved with calendrical scale, within a glass plate etched with eight planetary rings spaced non-linearly, the outer rim engraved with pictorial signs of the zodiac and a degree scale 0°-360°; the whole tilting on an adjustable tripod stand, the globe inscribed PHILIPS EDUCATIONAL TERRESTRIAL GLOBE LONDON GEORGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE GEO. PHILIP & SON LTD. 32 FLEET STREET CABLE, glass cracked
31 in. (78.75 cm.) high, 27 in. (68.5 cm.) diameter

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