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LicenseFrench Copernican armillary sphere
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French Copernican armillary sphere, wood and paper scales showing planets out Uranus, marked as Herschel's planet plus four asteroids, Ceres, Juno, Pallas and Vesta, early 19th century.
Details
- Category:
- Astronomy
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- 1979-157
- Measurements:
-
length 280 mm
width 280 mm
height 460 mm
- type:
- armillary sphere
- credit:
- On loan from the Wellcome Trust
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