Description:
Smiths & Son, Celestial and Terrestrial Globe, London, 19th century. Two globes made of wood covered with paper gores bearing captions and engravings, one depicting the terrestrial globe and one depicting the celestial globe, around concentric rings with depictions of the months with the zodiac signs, latitudes and longitudes, support in turned wood in a baluster shape on a tripod base.
The terrestrial globe bears the inscription SMITH'S TERRESTRIAL GLOBE containing the whole of the latest discoveries and geographical improvements, also the tracks of the most celebratedcircumnavigators LONDON C.SMITH & Son 172 STRAND.
The celestial globe bears the inscription SMITH'S CELESTIAL GLOBE Containing all the known Stars, Nebulae &c. Compiled from the Works of WOLLASTON, FLAMSTED, DE LA CAILLE, HAVELIUS, MAYER, BRADLEY, HERSCHEL, MASKELYNE. The Transactions of The ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON &c. &c., Smith & Son
height 82 cm
