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MERRIAM & MOORE, TROY, N.Y., 1852
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A fine mid 19th-Century American 6-inch celestial globe
Merriam & Moore, Troy, N.Y., 1852
A New Six inch CELESTIAL Globe Reduced from the latest authorities of the Astronomical ASSOCIATION, LONDON BY MERRIAM & MOORE STATIONERS TROY, N.Y. 1852 made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores laid to the ecliptic poles; the axis is through the celestial poles, with graduated: equatorial, ecliptic, colures, the constellations elegantly and delicately drawn in various colors and depicted by mythical beasts and figures and scientific instruments, the stars to five orders of magnitude, raised on a cast metal base with unmarked brass horizon and adjustable sliding pole pin holder
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high
Merriam & Moore, Troy, N.Y., 1852
A New Six inch CELESTIAL Globe Reduced from the latest authorities of the Astronomical ASSOCIATION, LONDON BY MERRIAM & MOORE STATIONERS TROY, N.Y. 1852 made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores laid to the ecliptic poles; the axis is through the celestial poles, with graduated: equatorial, ecliptic, colures, the constellations elegantly and delicately drawn in various colors and depicted by mythical beasts and figures and scientific instruments, the stars to five orders of magnitude, raised on a cast metal base with unmarked brass horizon and adjustable sliding pole pin holder
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high