Pair of American Globes on Cast Iron Stands

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Pair of American Globes on Cast Iron Stands

About the Item

The Celestial circa 1833 and the terrestrial, circa 1840 Lorings/ Terrestrial Globe / containing all/ The Late Descoveries/ And/ Geographical Improvements / also the Tracks of /the most celebrated Circumnavigators/ Compiled from Smith's new English Globe, with/ additions and improvements by Annin & Smith/ Boston/ Josiah Loring, 136 Washington st. 1841' made up of twelve hand-colored engraved gores and two polar calottes laid on a plaster sphere, the equatorial graduated in degrees and labelled every 10°, and in hours I-XXIV labelled every fifteen minutes, Greenwich meridian ungraduated, equioctial colure graduated and labelled every 10°, the ecliptic graduated in days and labelled for the months and every five days, the Pacific ocean with an analemma, with brass hour dial and meridian ring graduated in four quadrants, the ebonized horizon applied with hand-colored engraved ring graduated with amplitude and azimuth, and thirty two compass points, houses of the zodiac, days of the week and months; Loring's/ Celestial Globe/ Containing all the known stars, Nebulas & c./ Compiled from the works of / Wollaston, Flamsted, De La Caille/ Havelius, Mayer/ Bradley, Herschel, Makelyne/ The Transactions of the/ Astronomical Society of London/ & C, & C, / From Smith's New English Globe/ Boston, Josiah Loring, 136 Washington St, 1833 , made up of twelve hand-colored gores to the celestial poles on a plaster sphere, the equatorial as the terrestrial, ecliptic labelled as the terrestrial and with zodiacal sigils, the constellations depicted by mythical beasts and instruments and labelled in Latin, hour ring, meridian and horizon as the terrestrial; each mounted on a cast iron base.

Creator:
josiah loring (Maker)
Dimensions:
Height: 41.34 in (105 cm)Diameter: 16.93 in (43 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 2
Style:
American Classical (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Iron,Cast
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1830-1839
Date of Manufacture:
1833
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU4249113651542