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Ptolemaic armillary sphere from a set of two armillary spheres and a celestial globe constructed in paper on pasteboard with metal fitments supported on a decorative mahogany baluster base, early 19th century.
Details
- Category:
- Astronomy
- Object Number:
- 1982-967/1
- Materials:
- globe, paper, metal and stand, wood
- type:
- armillary sphere
- taxonomy:
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- visual and verbal communication
- globe - cartographic sphere
- celestial globe
