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Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

1797

Sixteen inch diameter globe of the Moon

1969-1972

Lunar globe

1987

Lunar globe

1961-1964

Moon globe

c.1963

French lunar globe

1880-1899

Lunar globe 100mm diameter on wooden stand by Replogle Globes Inc. Chicago. Compiled from Lunar Orbiter pictures

1981-1985

Metal lunar globe with plastic stand

1969

Moon globe by John Russell, 1797

1797-1805
French lunar globe, 15cm (5 3/4-inch) diameter (1:23,000,000 scale) on ebonized wooden stand, late 19th century. The globe gores are printed by C.M. Gaudibert and Emile Beraux, Paris under the direction of Camille Flammarion a famous French populariser of science and astronomy during the 19th century. The usually blank part of the globe for the lunar farside lists 343 named craters and has the limits of the Moon's libration marked at the edge of the visible lunar surface.

French lunar globe

1880-1899
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.

Model of the Moon

1850-1854
Three astronomical globes of lithographed metal on metal stands, made as coin banks, by Replogle Globes (part of the Meredith Corporation), Chicago, 1987

Three astronomical globes of lithographed metal on metal stands

1970
Plaster lunar globe, 2-foot in diameter, with three-legged mahogany frame. Shows the nearside of the Moon in relief. Modelled by John Russell, R.A. (1800-1806) for Sir Henry Charles Englefield. Later sold to Mr Stock of Poplar, London England.

Plaster lunar globe

1800-1806