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Celestial 12" Table Globe, London

Inventory Number 48107


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.48107

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Inscribed: 'THE NEW TWELVE INCH British Celestial Globe ....' 'Sold by J Souter. 73 St Pauls Church Yard'
Object type
Celestial globe
Dimensions
Diameter: 413mm Height: 447mm Weight: 4.05kg
Inventory No
48107

Description

Celestial 12 inch table globe. Sold by J. Souter, St Paul's Churchyard, London.

The globe is mounted inside a copper alloy ring and supported by four wooden columns that also hold a equatorial ring.