Accession No

6380

Brief Description

12-inch terrestrial globe with mechanical rotation and satellite mechanism, by A. J. Nystrom and Company, U.S.A., 1966

Origin

U.S.A.; California

Maker

A. J. Nystrom and Company Barton, Thomas F. [editor] Kohn, Clyde F. [social studies consultant] Synchron [motor manufacturer]

Class

cartography; astronomy; demonstration

Earliest Date

1966

Latest Date

1966

Inscription Date

1966

Material

metal (aluminium; steel; copper); paint; plastic; paper (card or pasteboard?)

Dimensions

292mm (depth) x 420mm (height) x 292mm (width)

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchase from Omniterrum, 517 Rolfe Ave., Lynchburg, VA 24503, U.S.A., 30/06/2009.

Inscription

Simplified
12 Inch Nystrom
Pictorial Relief Globe
Thomas F. Barton, Editor
Clyde F. Kohn, Social Studies Consultant

Published by A. J. Nystrom & Co., Chicago
Copyright by A.J. Nystrom & Co.
Edition 1966

[marked on top motor]
SYNCHRON
TRADE MARK
PATENTS 2237.953
2299.373 2237.961
AND [number illegible]

Description Notes

12-inch terrestrial globe with mechanical rotation and satellite mechanism, by A. J. Nystrom & Co., U.S.A., 1966.

Card or pasteboard sphere with printed colour paper gores. Cartography shows country boarders and names, with some major cities, and topography of land by colour variation. Major sea currents shown. Tropics and international datelines are marked.

Globe sphere is mounted on a mechanical axis that, when turned on, would rotate the globe. A second motor is mounted at the top of the painted steel meridian semicircle, and this motor drives a semicircular arm with a small metal bead on its end, intended to represent a satellite’s motion in orbit. Both motors have painted wires that lead through a hole in the globe’s metal base, and terminate in a U.S.-style plug.

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