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BY DUDLEY ADAMS, 1810
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A REGENCY 9-INCH TABLE GLOBE
BY DUDLEY ADAMS, 1810
A Correct Delineation OF THE EARTH BY DUDLEY ADAMS ... London 1810 made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, with graduated equatorial, ecliptic and two hour dials, explorers' tracks with dates and notes, continents variously coloured in outline with towns, cities, rivers, mountains and deserts, stamped brass meridian ring and paper horizon with degree, Zodiac and calendar scales, wind directions and Saint's Days, with makers inscription in the North Pacific 'A Correct Delineation OF THE EARTH, according to the most recent Discoveries BY DUDLEY ADAMS, Globe and Mathematical Instrument Maker, TO HIS MAJESTY, OPTICIAN TO HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES, &C &C, No 60 Fleet Street London 1810.', on a George III mahogany tripod stand with baluster shaft, cabriole legs with pointed pad feet and circular moulded stretcher-tied compass ring, the glazed compass box with engraved paper dial showing degree scale and 32-point wind rose, with an initialled blued-steel needle
18 in. (46 cm.) high; 13 in. (33 cm.) diameter
BY DUDLEY ADAMS, 1810
A Correct Delineation OF THE EARTH BY DUDLEY ADAMS ... London 1810 made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, with graduated equatorial, ecliptic and two hour dials, explorers' tracks with dates and notes, continents variously coloured in outline with towns, cities, rivers, mountains and deserts, stamped brass meridian ring and paper horizon with degree, Zodiac and calendar scales, wind directions and Saint's Days, with makers inscription in the North Pacific 'A Correct Delineation OF THE EARTH, according to the most recent Discoveries BY DUDLEY ADAMS, Globe and Mathematical Instrument Maker, TO HIS MAJESTY, OPTICIAN TO HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES, &C &C, No 60 Fleet Street London 1810.', on a George III mahogany tripod stand with baluster shaft, cabriole legs with pointed pad feet and circular moulded stretcher-tied compass ring, the glazed compass box with engraved paper dial showing degree scale and 32-point wind rose, with an initialled blued-steel needle
18 in. (46 cm.) high; 13 in. (33 cm.) diameter
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