Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2: Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and AstronomyStevenson, Edward Luther
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Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2: Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy
Stevenson, Edward Luther
Geography -- History; Globes
His terrestrial globes have the following title: “Globe terrestre dressé
sur les observations les plus nouvelles et le plus exactes approuvées
par Mʳˢ de l’Académie Royale des sciences. À Paris avec privilège du
Roi. Monté par l’auteur.” “Terrestrial globe made according to the most
recent and the most exact and approved observations by the Royal Academy
of Sciences. Paris, with the approval of the King. Made by the author.”
The dedication reads “Dédié et présenté à S. A. Madame La Duchesse du
Maine par son très-humble et très-obéissant serviteur Nollet Lic. en
Théologie. 1728.” “Dedicated and presented to Her Highness the Duchess
of Maine by her very humble and very obedient servant Nollet Licentiate
in Theology. 1728.” Numerous inscriptions relate to well-known
geographical discoveries. Meridian and parallel circles are drawn on the
globe at intervals of five degrees, the principal ones, including the
equator, the tropics, and polar circles, being made especially
prominent. The prime meridian, passing through the Island of Ferro, is
designated “premier méridien de l’Isle Fer. Déclaration du Roi Louis
XIII du Juil. 1634.”
The celestial globe is titled “Globe céleste calculé pour l’année 1730
sur les observations les plus nouvelles et les plus exactes. À Paris
avec privilège du Roi. Bailleul le jeune sculpsit. Monté par l’auteur.”
“Celestial globe calculated to the year 1730 according to the most
recent and the most exact observations. Paris, with the privilege of the
King. Bailleul the younger engraver. Constructed by the author.” It is
dedicated “Dédié et présenté à S. A. S. Monseigneur le Comte de Clermont
par son très-humble et très-obéissant serviteur Nollet de la Société des
Arts. 1730.” “Dedicated and presented to His Most Serene Highness
Seigneur The Count of Clermont by his very humble and very obedient
servant Nollet of the Society of Arts. 1730.” The equatorial circle and
the ecliptic, as represented on the map, are graduated, but the tropics
and the polar circles are merely drawn as continuous black lines. The
figures representing the several Ptolemaic constellations are
artistically drawn and retain much of their original color, which was
added by hand at the time of construction.
Of Nollet’s globes a pair may be found in the Biblioteca Maldotti of
Guastalla, a pair in the Seminario Vescovile of Mondovi, a copy of the
terrestrial in the Archivo Fenaroli of Brescia, and a copy of the
celestial in the Museo Astronomico of Rome.
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