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An unusual World timepiece Maison Delamarche, Paris c. 1885 Globe adopte par le conseil de l'universite, Maison Delamarche rue de Serpente 25, Paris. A 8 inch (20.3) diameter terrestrial globe, made up of twelve coloured printed paper gores, the oceans showing warm and cold currents, the continents with mountain range... |
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Unusual East German Moonglobe by Rath 1963 In the early sixties two lunar globes were produced to show Russian superiority in the "Space Race: The Russians themselves produced a small lunar Globe 26cm in diameter and the East German company, Rath Globen produced with th... |
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A German Globe by Ludwig Julius Heymann Berlin ca. 1885 Erd Globus nach den neuesten u. besten Quellen entworfen BERLIN LUDW. JUL. HEYMANN Geographisch: Artistische Anstalt. A 9,3/4inch (25cm) globe made up of twelve chromolithographed gores, the oceans showing ocean currents, on turned fruitwood finial with... |
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Clock Globe by G. Thomas Editeur Paris ca.1890 A terrestrial clock globe, made up of twelve printed paper coloured gores and two polar calottes, the French clockwork mechanism contained in the plinth base, drive-shaft rising through a moulded column to limb supporting the horizon circle, divided with an hour scale, with adjustable sun ball and h... |
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An English Congreve timepiece signed fecit Bell Winchester eight day rolling ball timepiece, made by Bell Winchester, from the design patented by Sir William Congreve, F.R.S. in 1808 The steel ball takes 15 seconds to roll from one end of the table to the other. At each end a catch is released, enabling the spring-driven movement to tip the table the other ... |
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A fine German "Uhrentrager" timepiece ca. 1850 A Schwartzwald clockmaker figure, naturalistically painted, carrying a timepiece in the front, and a dummy one containing winding key on his back, on simulated maple base. height 37cm wide 16cm depth 8.5cm ... |
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A rare Celestial Globe by Augustin Fortin, Paris ca.1780 Position des Etoiles Fixes pour l'Annee 1780 Par le Sr Fortin Ingen-Geofr a Paris. dia 22cm height 51cm. ... |
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A 3-inch Newton's pocket globe, England ca, 1830 Newton's New & Improved TERRESTRIAL GLOBE published by Newton Son & Berry, 6 Chancery Lane, London. with interior celestial gores, in a fishskin case 8.5 diameter in case. ... |
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A 19th century 15inch Terrestrial Table Globe by Cruchley A terrestrial table globe by Cruchley made up of twelve paper gores delicately coloured, with geographical and oceanic information including the trade winds, globe with iron axis, engraved bras hour ring and meridian circle and on mahogany stand. 60 heigh 51 diameter ... |
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A 3-inch Newton's pocket globe, England ca, 1820 inscription in rectangular cartouche "Newton's new and improved terrestrial pocket globe No. 66 Chancery Lane London". Twelve printed and coloured gores, printed and coloured gores, printed in the South Pacific The improved Analemma is intend/ ed to supercede the ne... |
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A very rare French tellurian by J. Forest Paris ca.1875 the 3-inch terrestrial globe made up of two sets of twelve chromolithographed half-gores, with moon-ball, mounted on lacquered-brass geared arm to candle-holder and silvered projector, atop a mahogany plinth base with polychrome enamelled circular scale graduated in English with compass points house... |
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A good original Trippensee Planetarium USA ca.1910-15 The Trippensee Planetarium is a demonstration model of the
movement of the earth, moon and Venus relative to each other and to
the sun. It shows such phenomena as the succession of seasons,
and solar and lunar eclipses. In addition to its educational
objective, the tellurian is also ... |
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An early Pocket Globe by Lane 1811 in original fishskin case A 23/4 inch pocket globe, the label pasted over the cartouche reading BHB London 1811, made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and two steel axis pins, the equatorial graduated in degrees, labelled by 10degrees and the symbols of the Zodiac, ungraduated prime meridian la... |
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A pair of globes celestial and terrestrial floor globes by Gilman Joslin
A celestial and an terrestrial floor globe
by Gilman Joslin, Boston dated 1870, on cast-iron stands with
acanthus decorated central baluster standard, and curved legs ending
in foliate capped feet. Gilman Joslin (1804-c. 1886) was one of
America's most well globe makers. <... |
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Globe by Ernst Schotte Berlin A large late 19th century terrestial globe by Ernst Schotte Berlin. diameter 40cm table globe made up of twelve coloured printed paper gores and two polar calottes, the equator and prime meridian graduated in degrees, the brass meridian circle divided in four quadrants, the octagonal papered horizon... |
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