Accession No
6724
Brief Description
Schematische Hemelglobe, kit for teaching cosmography to gymnasium and secondary schools consisting a dissected celestial globe model and a textbook, by Koenraad Kuiper [author] and H. P. Ter Braak [publisher], Dutch, 1910
Origin
Netherlands; Deventer
Maker
Kuiper, Konrad [author] H. P. Ter Braak [publisher]
Class
astronomy; demonstration;
Earliest Date
1910
Latest Date
1910
Inscription Date
Material
paper (paper, card); cloth
Dimensions
closed: 201mm (width), 205mm (depth), 15mm height
Special Collection
Provenance
Purchased from Le Zograscope in December 2020.
Inscription
Schematische Hemelglobe
K.Kuiper
H.P. ter braak 1910 DEVENTER
Description Notes
Schematische Hemelglobe, kit for teaching cosmography to gymnasium and secondary schools consisting a dissected celestial globe model and a textbook, by Koenraad Kuiper [author] and H. P. Ter Braak [publisher], Dutch, 1910.
Folded card envelope containing a 12-page, stapled, paper textbook and a dissected card globe in five pieces (four cream, one black).
Complete.
References
Events
Description
This globe construction kit was designed to aid in the teaching of astronomy and cosmography. Working with the accompanying textbook, students would build up a card celestial globe to understand the structure of the heavens in relation to the Earth.
19/11/2021
Created by: Morgan Bell on 19/11/2021
FM:47488
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