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12 inch Physical-Political Terrestrial Globe CRAM'S (Since 1867) Copyright by The George F. Cram Company, Inc. Indianapolis 7, Indiana [c.1950]
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CRAM, George F., Indianapolis
12 inch Physical-Political Terrestrial Globe CRAM'S (Since 1867) Copyright by The George F. Cram Company, Inc. Indianapolis 7, Indiana [c.1950]
A 12-inch (30.5cm.) diameter terrestrial table "sun-ray" globe made up of twelve chromolithographed paper gores, the equatorial and equinoctial colure graduated in degrees, the Greenwich Meridian ungraduated, the ecliptic not shown, the oceans with an analemma with a note reading Daily latitudes of direct noon sunrays affecting seasonal changes, and shaded for depths 0-600ft and over 600ft, Antarctica with mostly projected coastline, the continents shaded in green and yellow for heights 0-1,000ft, 1,000-2,000ft, 2,000-5,000ft and over 5,000ft, national and state boundaries in red and cities shown of 500,000 to 1,000,000 inhabitants and over 1,000,000 inhabitants, also with rivers and some mountains named and the height given (some discolouration and small repainting) with printed tin hour dial and cast meridian circle, further with a movable "sunray indicator" with index to read off the circular aluminium base applied with a printed paper scale for the days of the month, the seasons for both hemispheres day and night at the poles and the houses of the Zodiac, labelled Cram's DeLuxe Globe with Automatic Daily Sun Ray and Season Indicator U.S. Patent No. 2020284 Patented in Canada - 1936 copyright by The George F. Cram Co., Indianapolis, U.S.A. and a set of instructions finishing with step 6 See Cram's Globe Handbook -- 18in. (45.7cm.) high
See Colour Illustration
12 inch Physical-Political Terrestrial Globe CRAM'S (Since 1867) Copyright by The George F. Cram Company, Inc. Indianapolis 7, Indiana [c.1950]
A 12-inch (30.5cm.) diameter terrestrial table "sun-ray" globe made up of twelve chromolithographed paper gores, the equatorial and equinoctial colure graduated in degrees, the Greenwich Meridian ungraduated, the ecliptic not shown, the oceans with an analemma with a note reading Daily latitudes of direct noon sunrays affecting seasonal changes, and shaded for depths 0-600ft and over 600ft, Antarctica with mostly projected coastline, the continents shaded in green and yellow for heights 0-1,000ft, 1,000-2,000ft, 2,000-5,000ft and over 5,000ft, national and state boundaries in red and cities shown of 500,000 to 1,000,000 inhabitants and over 1,000,000 inhabitants, also with rivers and some mountains named and the height given (some discolouration and small repainting) with printed tin hour dial and cast meridian circle, further with a movable "sunray indicator" with index to read off the circular aluminium base applied with a printed paper scale for the days of the month, the seasons for both hemispheres day and night at the poles and the houses of the Zodiac, labelled Cram's DeLuxe Globe with Automatic Daily Sun Ray and Season Indicator U.S. Patent No. 2020284 Patented in Canada - 1936 copyright by The George F. Cram Co., Indianapolis, U.S.A. and a set of instructions finishing with step 6 See Cram's Globe Handbook -- 18in. (45.7cm.) high
See Colour Illustration