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Terrestrial 12" Table Globe, by John Senex, London, 1736

Inventory Number 96561


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.96561

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Inscribed : 'A New & Correct | GLOBE of ye EARTH | together with a View of ye General & | Coasting Trade winds, Monsoons &c | Laid down according to ye Newest | Discoveries and from ye most Exact | Observations | By John Senex F.R.S.| Sold only by Him at the Globe agat St. Dunstands Church in Fleet Street | 1736'.
Object type
Globe
Dimensions
Diameter: 420mm Height: 450mm Weight: 3.85kg
Inventory No
96561

Description

A terrestrial globe held in place by a copper alloy ring and a wooden equatorial ring supported by four wooden columns and a circular base.