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SMITH'S, CIRCA 1811
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An early 18th-Century 4 in. (10.2 cm.) diameter celestial pocket globe
Smith's, circa 1811
made up of twelve gores and laid to the ecliptic poles, the axis through the celestial poles, the equatorial graduated in degrees, hours and minutes, the colures graduated in degrees, the houses of the Zodiac, some named, the constellations depicted by green line boundaries, fitted within a fish skin covered wooden case
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) cased
Smith's, circa 1811
made up of twelve gores and laid to the ecliptic poles, the axis through the celestial poles, the equatorial graduated in degrees, hours and minutes, the colures graduated in degrees, the houses of the Zodiac, some named, the constellations depicted by green line boundaries, fitted within a fish skin covered wooden case
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) cased