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Mechanical planetarium representative of the solar system with Sun Earth and Moon
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Mechanical planetarium, or representative model of the solar system, from the second half of the 19th century.
The cartouche of the globe reads: GlobusVydal J. Felkl at Syn Roztok u Prahy
Dark bronze patinated cast iron frame, brass gears and papier maché earth ball.
This is an ancient astronomical instrument consisting of gears clockwork, which allow observation from the outside by operating a crank located under the Sun's gearing the motion that the Moon and Earth make within the Solar System.
Good working condition. Measurements 58x19x50 cm - 22.8x7.5x19.6
With the establishment of the heliocentric system theorized by Copernicus, it was possible, despite difficulties, to construct simplified mechanical models of the entire known Universe, with the Earth moving about itself, while the Moon revolved around the Earth and with it around the Sun.
Related to the doctrine that the Universe moves like a giant clockwork device, the mechanical planetarium is able to represent this theory.
The complex gearing system of a mechanical planetarium ensures that the planets revolve around the Sun according to their exact relative motion.
Planetarians of these types were used for educational purposes by private tutors serving noble families throughout Europe, who entrusted them with the education of their heirs.
Jan Felkl (1817-1878) was born in Bohemia and as early as 1840 made illustrated prospectuses for globes in 6 different sizes. Over the next twenty years, it grew to become the largest globe manufactory in the Austro-Hungarian market, producing terrestrial and celestial globes, in 17 different languages, as well as lunar, planetary and tellurian globes.
Felkl presented his globes at the 1867 World's Fair in Paris and in 1873 in Vienna.
Early globes were produced by engraving and coloring by hand the wedges.
Felkl founded his own Geographical and Lithographic Institute in Prague to produce globes and maps.
In 1870 Felkl moved the factory from Prague to Roztok and took his younger son as a partner in his company renamed Felkl & Son, producing globes for export, throughout Europe and even the United States. The business grew to employ more than 40 people, even opening a branch in Vienna. The main customers were: schools, public institutions and libraries.
After Jan Felkl's death the business was continued by the family until the early 1900s.
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