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View full screenCelestial 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
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Bardin, Thomas M., 1800 - 1817 (fl.)
London, England, Northern Europe
1800
Paper, Plaster of Paris, Brass, Wood
Engraved and hand painted paper gores, covering a plaster of Paris hollow sphere; brass meridian ring; four-legged wooden stand
Retailer: Webb, John, 1800 - 1847 (fl.)
Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732 - 1811
Herschel, Frederick William, Sir, 1738 - 1822
London (Tottenham Court Road), England, Northern Europe
Earth in Space (29 Jul 2011)
National Museum of Scotland
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
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