Model of the Moon

Made:
1850-1854 in Bonn

Model of the Moon, 19 feet in diameter (half hemisphere), made by Thomas Dickert in Bonn and based on the lunar maps by Dr Julius Schmidt. Constructed at the University of Bonn in the mid 1850s, the model was later sold and sent to America before being acquired by the Field Museum in Chicago where it was displayed until the 1980s.

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Object Number:
1997-1003
Materials:
wood, plaster and steel
Measurements:
disassembled frames [x26]: .02 x 5.823 x 2.42 m
assembled: 5.823 x 5.823 x 2.912 m
packed [19 crates]: 920 x 920 x 920 mm
type:
globes (cartographic spheres), moon globes and lunar globes
credit:
Fort Wayne astronomical Society, Inc.

Parts

Wooden Frame for Model of the Moon

Wooden Frame for Model of the Moon

Wooden frame for model of the Moon, 19 feet in diameter (half hemisphere), made by Thomas Dickert in Bonn and based on the lunar maps by Dr Julius Schmidt. Constructed at the University of Bonn in the mid 1850s, the model was later sold and sent to America before being acquired by the Field Museum in Chicago where it was displayed until the 1980s.

Measurements:
overall: 370 mm x 4250 mm x 1800 mm,
Object Number:
1997-1003/1
type:
globes (cartographic spheres) , moon globes and lunar globes
Wooden Frame for Model of the Moon

Wooden Frame for Model of the Moon

Wooden frame for model of the Moon, 19 feet in diameter (half hemisphere), made by Thomas Dickert in Bonn and based on the lunar maps by Dr Julius Schmidt. Constructed at the University of Bonn in the mid 1850s, the model was later sold and sent to America before being acquired by the Field Museum in Chicago where it was displayed until the 1980s.

Measurements:
overall: 510 mm x 4830 mm x 1600 mm,
Object Number:
1997-1003/2
type:
globes (cartographic spheres) , moon globes and lunar globes
Wooden Frame for Model of the Moon

Wooden Frame for Model of the Moon

Wooden frame for model of the Moon, 19 feet in diameter (half hemisphere), made by Thomas Dickert in Bonn and based on the lunar maps by Dr Julius Schmidt. Constructed at the University of Bonn in the mid 1850s, the model was later sold and sent to America before being acquired by the Field Museum in Chicago where it was displayed until the 1980s.

Measurements:
overall: 304 mm x 4300 mm x 1500 mm,
Object Number:
1997-1003/3
type:
globes (cartographic spheres) , moon globes and lunar globes
Plaster surface of Moon Model

Plaster surface of Moon Model

Box containing plaster surface of model of the moon, made by Thomas Dickert in Bonn and based on the lunar maps by Dr Julius Schmidt. Constructed at the University of Bonn in the mid 1850s, the model was later sold and sent to America before being acquired by the Field Museum in Chicago where it was displayed until the 1980s.

Measurements:
overall: 1925 mm x 990 mm x 950 mm,
Object Number:
1997-1003/4
type:
globes (cartographic spheres) , moon globes and lunar globes
Plaster surface of Moon Model

Plaster surface of Moon Model

Box containing plaster surface of model of the moon, made by Thomas Dickert in Bonn and based on the lunar maps by Dr Julius Schmidt. Constructed at the University of Bonn in the mid 1850s, the model was later sold and sent to America before being acquired by the Field Museum in Chicago where it was displayed until the 1980s.

Measurements:
overall: 1925 mm x 990 mm x 950 mm,
Object Number:
1997-1003/5
type:
globes (cartographic spheres) , moon globes and lunar globes
Plaster surface of Moon Model

Plaster surface of Moon Model

Box containing plaster surface of model of the moon, made by Thomas Dickert in Bonn and based on the lunar maps by Dr Julius Schmidt. Constructed at the University of Bonn in the mid 1850s, the model was later sold and sent to America before being acquired by the Field Museum in Chicago where it was displayed until the 1980s.

Measurements:
overall: 1925 mm x 990 mm x 950 mm,
Object Number:
1997-1003/6
type:
globes (cartographic spheres) , moon globes and lunar globes
Plaster surface of Moon Model

Plaster surface of Moon Model

Box containing plaster surface of model of the moon, made by Thomas Dickert in Bonn and based on the lunar maps by Dr Julius Schmidt. Constructed at the University of Bonn in the mid 1850s, the model was later sold and sent to America before being acquired by the Field Museum in Chicago where it was displayed until the 1980s.

Measurements:
overall: 1925 mm x 990 mm x 950 mm,
Object Number:
1997-1003/7
type:
globes (cartographic spheres) , moon globes and lunar globes
Plaster surface of Moon Model

Plaster surface of Moon Model

Box containing plaster surface of model of the moon, made by Thomas Dickert in Bonn and based on the lunar maps by Dr Julius Schmidt. Constructed at the University of Bonn in the mid 1850s, the model was later sold and sent to America before being acquired by the Field Museum in Chicago where it was displayed until the 1980s.

Measurements:
overall: 935 mm x 1310 mm x 950 mm,
Object Number:
1997-1003/8
type:
globes (cartographic spheres) , moon globes and lunar globes
Plaster surface of Moon Model

Plaster surface of Moon Model

Box containing plaster surface of model of the moon, made by Thomas Dickert in Bonn and based on the lunar maps by Dr Julius Schmidt. Constructed at the University of Bonn in the mid 1850s, the model was later sold and sent to America before being acquired by the Field Museum in Chicago where it was displayed until the 1980s.

Measurements:
overall: 1925 mm x 990 mm x 950 mm,
Object Number:
1997-1003/9
type:
globes (cartographic spheres) , moon globes and lunar globes
Plaster surface of Moon Model

Plaster surface of Moon Model

Box containing plaster surface of model of the moon, made by Thomas Dickert in Bonn and based on the lunar maps by Dr Julius Schmidt. Constructed at the University of Bonn in the mid 1850s, the model was later sold and sent to America before being acquired by the Field Museum in Chicago where it was displayed until the 1980s.

Measurements:
overall: 1925 mm x 990 mm x 950 mm,
Object Number:
1997-1003/10
type:
globes (cartographic spheres) , moon globes and lunar globes
Plaster surface of Moon Model

Plaster surface of Moon Model

Box containing plaster surface of model of the moon, made by Thomas Dickert in Bonn and based on the lunar maps by Dr Julius Schmidt. Constructed at the University of Bonn in the mid 1850s, the model was later sold and sent to America before being acquired by the Field Museum in Chicago where it was displayed until the 1980s.

Measurements:
overall: 1925 mm x 990 mm x 950 mm,
Object Number:
1997-1003/11
type:
globes (cartographic spheres) , moon globes and lunar globes
Plaster surface of Moon Model

Plaster surface of Moon Model

Box containing plaster surface of model of the moon, made by Thomas Dickert in Bonn and based on the lunar maps by Dr Julius Schmidt. Constructed at the University of Bonn in the mid 1850s, the model was later sold and sent to America before being acquired by the Field Museum in Chicago where it was displayed until the 1980s.

Measurements:
overall: 1925 mm x 990 mm x 950 mm,
Object Number:
1997-1003/12
type:
globes (cartographic spheres) , moon globes and lunar globes
Plaster surface of Moon Model

Plaster surface of Moon Model

Box containing plaster surface of model of the moon, made by Thomas Dickert in Bonn and based on the lunar maps by Dr Julius Schmidt. Constructed at the University of Bonn in the mid 1850s, the model was later sold and sent to America before being acquired by the Field Museum in Chicago where it was displayed until the 1980s.

Measurements:
overall: 1390 mm x 960 mm x 960 mm,
Object Number:
1997-1003/13
type:
globes (cartographic spheres) , moon globes and lunar globes

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