| Catalogue > Virtual Visit > Room VII |
| VII.47 Celestial globe |
| Authors: | John Cary, William Cary |
| Date: | 1816 | | Materials: | paper, wood | | Dimensions: | sphere diameter 460 mm, height 1140 mm, width 630 mm | | Current inventory: | 3842 |
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Nineteenth-century celestial globe covered by 18 gores. Mounted on an English-type wooden tripod stand with a magnetic compass on the base. There are inscriptions in Latin and English. The constellations are depicted by elegant figures. Paired with the terrestrial globe inv. 3841.
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