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TORICA'S TRANSPARENT CELESTIAL GLOBE, Tokyo, 1963
A 13.3/8-inch (34cm.) diameter transparent plastic celestial sphere made up of two hemispheres, the equatorial graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in days of the month, the eighty-eight constellations' names moulded on the inside of the sphere with stars to four orders of magnitude, binary stars, variables, novae, star clusters and nebulae, many in yellow, many labelled with Greek letters, also showing the solstices, the equinoxes, the Path of the North Pole, and other details, with a removeable section with the MAGNITUDES & DEEP-SKY OBJECTS, the interior of the sphere with an approx. 3.1/8-inch (8cm.) diameter terrestrial globe fixed on a steel axis and made up of twelve chromolithographed paper gores, the equatorial and two meridians graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated but unlabelled, the continents with nation states shaded in green and yellow, the ecliptic North Pole of the celestial sphere with turning knobs for two wire arms within, one with a red sun-ball, the other with a yellow moon ball, the exterior with graduated moulded plastic hour dial, meridian circle and horizon ring, also with a movable papered and graduated steel altitude indicator, fixed in a steel meridian on a simple black plastic circular support with steel tripod legs, the support with trade label for TOKYO PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT MFG. CO., LTD. TOKYO JAPAN -- 23in. (58.4cm.) high; with the accompanying instruction/information boooklet, published by the TOKYO RIKA KOGYO CO., LTD., with a detailed description of the construction and function of the globe with information pertaining to the times of sunrise and sunset, a table for the equation of time, the equinoxes and solstices, the constellations, the moon, longitude and latitude of major cities and other information
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A 13.3/8-inch (34cm.) diameter transparent plastic celestial sphere made up of two hemispheres, the equatorial graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in days of the month, the eighty-eight constellations' names moulded on the inside of the sphere with stars to four orders of magnitude, binary stars, variables, novae, star clusters and nebulae, many in yellow, many labelled with Greek letters, also showing the solstices, the equinoxes, the Path of the North Pole, and other details, with a removeable section with the MAGNITUDES & DEEP-SKY OBJECTS, the interior of the sphere with an approx. 3.1/8-inch (8cm.) diameter terrestrial globe fixed on a steel axis and made up of twelve chromolithographed paper gores, the equatorial and two meridians graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated but unlabelled, the continents with nation states shaded in green and yellow, the ecliptic North Pole of the celestial sphere with turning knobs for two wire arms within, one with a red sun-ball, the other with a yellow moon ball, the exterior with graduated moulded plastic hour dial, meridian circle and horizon ring, also with a movable papered and graduated steel altitude indicator, fixed in a steel meridian on a simple black plastic circular support with steel tripod legs, the support with trade label for TOKYO PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT MFG. CO., LTD. TOKYO JAPAN -- 23in. (58.4cm.) high; with the accompanying instruction/information boooklet, published by the TOKYO RIKA KOGYO CO., LTD., with a detailed description of the construction and function of the globe with information pertaining to the times of sunrise and sunset, a table for the equation of time, the equinoxes and solstices, the constellations, the moon, longitude and latitude of major cities and other information
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Sale room notice
This Lot will be removed the warehouse of Cadogan Tate at 2.00pm on the day following the sale. Please see note to Lot 18 and page four of the catalogue for further details.