Celestial globe

Description

Celestial globe, the 'New British Celestial Globe', on a four-legged wooden stand, by Thomas M. Bardin, London, 1800, retailed by J. Webb, an optician based in London's Tottenham Court Road

Museum reference

T.1971.232

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Celestial globe

Production information

Bardin, Thomas M., 1800 - 1817 (fl.)
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

1800

Materials

Paper, Plaster of Paris, Brass, Wood

Physical description

Engraved and hand painted paper gores, covering a plaster of Paris hollow sphere; brass meridian ring; four-legged wooden stand

Associations

Retailer: Webb, John, 1800 - 1847 (fl.)
Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732 - 1811
Herschel, Frederick William, Sir, 1738 - 1822
London (Tottenham Court Road), England, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Earth in Space (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Millburn, John R., Rossack, Tor E., 'Bardin Globes and their Makers' in Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society, No. 36 (1993)

Dunn, Richard and Wallis, Helen, British Globes up to 1850: A Provisional Inventory. London: 1999, No 371

On display

national museum of scotland »
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space (early star gazing)