Name/Title
INSTRUMENT, ASTRONOMICALEntry/Object ID
1981.202.001Description
Globe with Continents Painted on Astronomical Instrument, Incomplete. Use Unknown, Probably Having To Do with Eclipses. Brass Stem on Top of Which Is a Round Brass Plate with a Scale 1 To 24. Mounted in the Middle of the Plate Is a Small Metal Globe with an Old Depiction of the Continents Painted On. the Globe Is Sitting on a Pointer Attached To Lamp (Probably Kerosene with One Wick) Which Rotates Around Globe. Screw on Bottom of Stem Which Apparently Attaches To Something. Etched on Scale: Emersions Immersions
condition: Good To Fair. Globe Loose, Brass Needs Polishing, Lamp Needs Cleaning.
dimensions: 8 1/4" H X 4 1/2" WCollection
Instruments CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
OrreryNomenclature Class
Astronomical T&ENomenclature Category
Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology