Accession No
6274
Brief Description
16 inch celestial globe, by Denoyer-Geppert Company, U.S.A., c. 1956.
Origin
U.S.A.; Chicago
Maker
Denoyer-Geppert Company
Class
astronomy
Earliest Date
1956
Latest Date
1965
Inscription Date
1956
Material
wood (pine); metal (brass); paper; plastic (synthetic rubber, other); varnish
Dimensions
Height 510mm, width 545mm, depth 545mm.
Special Collection
Provenance
Purchased from Omniterrum, 517 Rolfe Ave., Lynchburg, VA 24503, USA, 13/05/2009.
Inscription
Denoyer-Geppert Co. Chicago (printed on the equatorial ring, between May and June).
CELESTIAL
16 INCH GLOBE
SYMBOLS OF APPARENT MAGNITUDE
1ST 2ND 3RD
OTHERS
DENOYER-GEPPERT CO.
Chicago 40, U.S.A.
Copyright
1956
(Cartouche on lower half)
Description Notes
16 inch celestial globe by Denoyer-Geppert Co., Chicago, c. 1956. Plastic sphere with printed paper gores.
Stars to 6th magnitude.
Wooden stand with printed paper equatorial ring, including zodiac and calendar months. Brass meridian semi-circle, divided 90˚ - 0 - 90˚, numbered by 10˚.
Makers cartouche on lower hemisphere with key to star magnitudes
References
Events
Description
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, celestial globes were increasingly used in classrooms or in other sort of educational settings as a teaching aid for astronomy. They functioned as a model of the stars, which appear as fixed points in the heavens. This globe depicts stars to the sixth magnitude, and includes representations of calendar and zodiac months.
The Denoyer-Geppert Company, which produced this globe, was a major manufacturer and supplier of ‘visual demonstration equipment for geography, history and the biological sciences,’ including globes and maps. Co-founded in 1916 by L. Philip Denoyer and O.E. Geppert, the firm was associated with two British globe and mapmakers—George Philip & Sons and W. & A.K. Johnston—and continued as a globe manufacturer until the late 20th century.
14/01/2014
Created by: Allison Ksiazkiewicz on 14/01/2014
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