#moon globe

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Moon Globe, John Russell circa 1797.

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Vintage Scanglobe Moon Globe by MightyVintage

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▪︎Moon globe.

Artist/Maker: Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen), 1897-1976 fl.)

Place of origin: Berlin, Germany

Date: 1899

Medium: Brass

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Danny Darke Photography © 2019

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The Moon Globe

22cm or 36cm diameter

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Selenographia, 1797-1805 John Russell (English painter / visual artist, 1745--1806)  Science Museum, London, UK  Photos courtesy British Library

‘’This is the oldest three-dimensional representation of the moon. It consists of a lunar globe and a small terrestrial globe. A mechanism allows it to simulate the motion of the moon's libration.’’ (Museo Galileo, Florence, Italy)

More detailed information on the website of the Museum of the History of Science (Oxford, England): http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/about/sphaera/sphaera-issue-no-2/sphere-no-2-john-russells-selenographia/

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▪︎Moon globe.

Place of origin: England

Date: 1797 

Artist: John Russell 

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Bellerby & Co Globemakers

Moon Globe

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