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LORING, Josiah, Boston, 1833
LORING'S CELESTIAL GLOBE Containing all the known Stars, Nebulae &c Compiled from the Works of WOLLASTON, FLAMSTEED, DE LA CAILLE, HEVELIUS, MAYER, BRADLEY, HERSCHEL, MASKELYNE The Transactions of the ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY of LONDON &c. &c. From Smith's New English Globe Boston, Josiah Loring, 136 Washington St. 1833 Annin & Smith Sc
A fine 12-inch (30.5cm.) diameter celestial table globe made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores laid to the ecliptic poles, the equatorial graduated in degrees, hours and minutes, the four colures graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in days of the month and of the houses of the Zodiac, the constellations depicted by mythical beasts and figures and scientific instruments, the stars shown to nine orders of magnitude with nebulae, and variously labelled, a note beneath the cartouche explaining N.B. Greek letters or figures pre fixed to the Stars refer to the British Catalogue, a stroke under the Figures thus __ to De La Caille, H.Hevelius, M.Mayer, CH.Herschel, B.Bradley &c. (some areas of dicolouration), with printed hour dial at North Pole with brass pointer and engraved brass meridian circle, the mahogany horizon with paper ring graduated in degrees in both directions, days of the month and of houses of the Zodiac with names, sigils and pictures, on four baluster turned mahogany legs united by cross-stretchers -- 18in. (45.7cm.) high
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LORING'S CELESTIAL GLOBE Containing all the known Stars, Nebulae &c Compiled from the Works of WOLLASTON, FLAMSTEED, DE LA CAILLE, HEVELIUS, MAYER, BRADLEY, HERSCHEL, MASKELYNE The Transactions of the ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY of LONDON &c. &c. From Smith's New English Globe Boston, Josiah Loring, 136 Washington St. 1833 Annin & Smith Sc
A fine 12-inch (30.5cm.) diameter celestial table globe made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores laid to the ecliptic poles, the equatorial graduated in degrees, hours and minutes, the four colures graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in days of the month and of the houses of the Zodiac, the constellations depicted by mythical beasts and figures and scientific instruments, the stars shown to nine orders of magnitude with nebulae, and variously labelled, a note beneath the cartouche explaining N.B. Greek letters or figures pre fixed to the Stars refer to the British Catalogue, a stroke under the Figures thus __ to De La Caille, H.Hevelius, M.Mayer, CH.Herschel, B.Bradley &c. (some areas of dicolouration), with printed hour dial at North Pole with brass pointer and engraved brass meridian circle, the mahogany horizon with paper ring graduated in degrees in both directions, days of the month and of houses of the Zodiac with names, sigils and pictures, on four baluster turned mahogany legs united by cross-stretchers -- 18in. (45.7cm.) high
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