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AARDGLOBE DOOR C.L. VAN BALEN J.B. WOLTERS GRONINGEN DEN HAAG.. LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A rare Dutch 4-inch diameter table globe
AARDGLOBE door C.L. VAN BALEN J.B. Wolters Groningen Den Haag.. Late 19th/early 20th Century
Made up of twelve chromolithographed gores and two polar calottes, the equatorial and Greenwich meridian graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in degrees 0-360 with sigils for the houses of the Zodiac, the continents variously and brightly coloured, with a painted tin meridian circle graduated in four quadrants, contained in a tin drum-shaped table stand, the painted horizon showing degrees, days of the month and of the houses of the Zodiac, and compass directions, the side of the drum painted with astronomical diagrams
15.7cm. diameter
AARDGLOBE door C.L. VAN BALEN J.B. Wolters Groningen Den Haag.. Late 19th/early 20th Century
Made up of twelve chromolithographed gores and two polar calottes, the equatorial and Greenwich meridian graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in degrees 0-360 with sigils for the houses of the Zodiac, the continents variously and brightly coloured, with a painted tin meridian circle graduated in four quadrants, contained in a tin drum-shaped table stand, the painted horizon showing degrees, days of the month and of the houses of the Zodiac, and compass directions, the side of the drum painted with astronomical diagrams
15.7cm. diameter
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