Image of Celestial Globe on a stand.

Celestial Globe on a stand.

Image description: Malby's Celestial Globe, collated from the works of Piazzi, Bradley, Hevelius, Mayer, la Caille, and Johnson. Reduced to the year 1860, by Jno Addison. Engraved by Chas. Malby. Author: Malby, Thomas / London: Malby & Son, for Society for Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1869. Source/Shelfmark: Maps G.29 view 2 In very poor condition. Stand in pieces. Globe badly cracked with surface damage. Cork ring support provided to prevent globe rolling around. Forms a pair with Malby's terrestrial globe at Maps G.31. Includes compass in base of stand. Physical Description: 1 globe; col, mounted on a cork ring; 46 cm. in diam.; Scale not given.
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: equipment / globe / globes / 19th century / terrestrial globe

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