FRANKS, J.H.- White's plane globe. Sheffield, W. White, 1839.
Estimation :
250 / 300
Description
2 copper engraved maps of the hemispheres, diam. 21 cm, hand-outline coloured.
Each mounted as a volvelle beneath fixed brass meridian, within a folding hardboard cover, lettered in gilt (slightly damaged cover).
Didactical lower cost substitute for a spherical globe. Both hemisphere maps show continents with major cities, rivers and deserts. The Northern hemisphere shows the Republic of Texas and "New Albion" and the later California, as part of Mexico. Surrounding the hemispheres are various diagrams representing the eclipses of sun and moon, umbra and penumbra of the sun, precession of the equinox, the tides, the seasons, the earth's convexity, the transit of Venus, plus a table with symbols and names of the signs of the zodiac.
IHFZ Instrument didactique représentant un planisphère dont les hémisphères tournent sous un méridien fixe en cuivre. Autour des hémisphères : différents diagrammes avec saisons, marées, éclipses, etc.
Each mounted as a volvelle beneath fixed brass meridian, within a folding hardboard cover, lettered in gilt (slightly damaged cover).
Didactical lower cost substitute for a spherical globe. Both hemisphere maps show continents with major cities, rivers and deserts. The Northern hemisphere shows the Republic of Texas and "New Albion" and the later California, as part of Mexico. Surrounding the hemispheres are various diagrams representing the eclipses of sun and moon, umbra and penumbra of the sun, precession of the equinox, the tides, the seasons, the earth's convexity, the transit of Venus, plus a table with symbols and names of the signs of the zodiac.
IHFZ Instrument didactique représentant un planisphère dont les hémisphères tournent sous un méridien fixe en cuivre. Autour des hémisphères : différents diagrammes avec saisons, marées, éclipses, etc.
