Accession No

4562

Brief Description

planisphere, by J. Reynolds, English, 1850 -1940

Origin

England; London; 174 Strand

Maker

Reynolds, J. Rock and Company Reeves and Sons Peacock and Mansfield

Class

cartography; demonstration; ephemera

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1940

Inscription Date

Material

paper (card and one other)

Dimensions

height 227mm; breadth 287mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased on 30/10/1996.

Inscription

GEOGRAPHICAL DIAGRAM OF THE EARTH ADAPTED FOR ILLUSTRATING ITS MOVEMENTS &C. (top)
London: Published by J. Reynolds. 174 Strand. Rock & Co. Reeves & Sons. Peacock & Mansfield.

Description Notes

Geographical diagram of the Earth, comprising two paper planispheric maps of the north and south terrestrial hemispheres which rotate on a card background giving a time scale.
Printed card sheet to which the two revolving hemispheres are attached by knotted green thread at the centre. Northern hemisphere is left centre, southern hemisphere right centre. Time scale is twice XII-I for both, with ‘Noon’ marked at the top centre and ‘Night’ opposite, ‘Morning’ and ‘Evening’ at VI. The hemispheres are coloured with blue, red, and yellow, with the ‘British Dominions Colored Red’, and the ecliptic line is marked on each with the label ‘Vertical place of the Sun for each day in the year’ and calendar divisions. About the two hemispheres are several other diagrams: ‘The Phenomena of Day and Night’; ‘Summer & Winter Altitudes of the Sun in the Latitude of London’; ‘Meridians of Longitude’, ‘Zones’, and ‘Parallels of Latitude’. Beneath the hemispheres is written ‘By means of this Diagram may be performed most of the Problems executed upon a terrestrial globe of which the following are examples’ with four tasks listed. The whole is in fair condition, with some folding damage, dirt marks, and slight water discolouration.

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