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BY NEWTON & SON, CIRCA 1850
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A PAIR OF MID-VICTORIAN TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL LIBRARY TABLE GLOBES
BY NEWTON & SON, CIRCA 1850
The terrestrial globe with a cartouche reading 'NEWTON's New & Improved Terrestrial Globe Embracing every recent Discovery to the present time, Manufactured by NEWTON & SON, 66 Chancery Lane and 3 Fleet Street Temple Bar', and below 'London Published Jan. 1st 1852', the celestial globe with a cartouche reading 'NEWTON's New & Improved Celestial Globe on which all the Stars, Nebulae & Clusters contained in the extensive catalogue of the late F. Wollaston E.R.S. are accurately laid down, their Right Ascensions & Declinations, having been recalculated for the Year 1840 by W. Newton Manufactured by NEWTON & SON, 66 Chancery Lane and 3 Fleet Street, Temple Bar', and below 'London Published Jan. 1st 1851', each with a spirally-fluted shaft on tripod base, the cabriole legs terminating in pointed pad feet, the celestial globe with losses to both poles
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) diameter (2)
BY NEWTON & SON, CIRCA 1850
The terrestrial globe with a cartouche reading 'NEWTON's New & Improved Terrestrial Globe Embracing every recent Discovery to the present time, Manufactured by NEWTON & SON, 66 Chancery Lane and 3 Fleet Street Temple Bar', and below 'London Published Jan. 1st 1852', the celestial globe with a cartouche reading 'NEWTON's New & Improved Celestial Globe on which all the Stars, Nebulae & Clusters contained in the extensive catalogue of the late F. Wollaston E.R.S. are accurately laid down, their Right Ascensions & Declinations, having been recalculated for the Year 1840 by W. Newton Manufactured by NEWTON & SON, 66 Chancery Lane and 3 Fleet Street, Temple Bar', and below 'London Published Jan. 1st 1851', each with a spirally-fluted shaft on tripod base, the cabriole legs terminating in pointed pad feet, the celestial globe with losses to both poles
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) diameter (2)
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Sale room notice
These globes are lacking their compass stretchers.