Accession No

0382

Brief Description

3-inch celestial globe, by J. S. Cox, 1840 (c)

Origin

Maker

Cox, J. S.

Class

astronomy

Earliest Date

1840

Latest Date

1840

Inscription Date

Material

metal (iron, brass); wood; paper

Dimensions

d 70 mm h 160 mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘CELESTIAL GLOBE
BY I. S. COX’

Description Notes

3-inch celestial globe, by I. S. Cox, c. 1840. Plaster sphere with printed paper gores.

12 engraved paper gores. Stars to 6th magnitude. Iron axis. Brass meridian semi-circle, divided 90˚ - 0 - 90˚, numbered by 10˚. Turned and varnished wooden base/stand. Key to star magnitudes.

Complete.

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