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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 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

Name: 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
Author: Stevenson, Edward Luther

Stevenson, Edward Luther

Geography -- History; Globes

115b. Celestial Globe of P. Vincenzo Coronelli, 1693. _From
         original in Academy of Sciences, Turin_                   120

  116. Portrait of Joseph Moxon. _From his Mechanick Exercises_    124

  117. Ancient Mongolian Armillary Sphere, ca. 1274. _From
         Thompson’s Illustrations of China_                        130

 117a. Armillary Sphere and Celestial Globe of Ferdinand
         Verbiest, 1673. _From Thompson’s Illustrations
         of China_                                                 132


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  118. Terrestrial Globe of Guillaume Delisle, 1700. _From
         original in Royal Library, Madrid_                        140

 118a. Terrestrial Globe of Johann Ludovicus Andreae, 1717.
         _From original in City Historical Museum, Frankfurt_      138

  119. Portrait of Jean Dominique Cassini. _From an old print_     142

  120. Terrestrial Globe of Gerhard and Leonhard Valk, 1750 (?).
         _From original in collection of The Hispanic Society
         of America, New York_                                     144

 120a. Southern Hemisphere Celestial Globe by Gerhard and
         Leonhard Valk, with Author and Date Legend, 1750 (?).
         _From original in collection of The Hispanic Society
         of America, New York_                                     146

  121. Terrestrial Globe of Gerhard and Leonhard Valk, 1750 (?).
         _From original in collection of The Hispanic
         Society of America, New York_                             148

 121a. Celestial Globe of Gerhard and Leonhard Valk, 1750 (?).
         _From original in collection of The Hispanic
         Society of America, New York_                             150

  122. Terrestrial Globe of John Senex, 1793. _From original in
         Royal Library, Madrid_                                    152

  123. Portrait of Nicolas Bion. _From an old print_               142

  124. Terrestrial Globe of Mattheus Seutter, 1710. _From original
         in Astronomical Museum, Rome_                             154

  125. Celestial Globe of Mattheus Seutter, 1710. _From original
         in Astronomical Museum, Rome_                             156

 125a. Terrestrial Globe of Van Lauen Zonen, 1745. _From original
         in City Historical Museum, Frankfurt_                     158

  126. Terrestrial Globe of Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, 1728.
         _From original in collection of The Hispanic Society of
         America, New York_                                        160

 126a. Celestial Globe of Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, 1728.
         _From the original in collection of The Hispanic Society
         of America, New York_                                     162

 126b. Celestial Globe of Johann Puschner, 1730. _From original
         in Math. Phys. Salon, Dresden_                            164

  127. Portrait of James Ferguson. _From an old print_             168

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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

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