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Print (Engraving) of Armillary Sphere and Planetary Systems, by R. W. Seale, for the New Geographical Dictionary, Late 18th Century

Inventory Number 55100


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.55100

Item type
Object
Makers
R. Seale
Primary inscriptions
Above image: 'Engraved for the New Geographical Dictionary.'. Below right: 'R. W. Seale sculp.'.
Physical material
Paper
Object type
Print
Inventory No
55100

Description

Engraving from an encyclopedia. Shows an armillary sphere (centre) and four diagrams of cosmological or planetary systems (Copernican, Ptolemaic, Tycho Brahe, and Composite), with engraved texts.