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TELLURIAN; TRIPPENSEE CO. The Trippensee Planetarium. Detroit, Mich.: The Trippensee Mfg. Co, c. 1959.
21 September 2015, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$875 inc. premium
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TELLURIAN; TRIPPENSEE CO.
The Trippensee Planetarium. Detroit, Mich.: The Trippensee Mfg. Co, c. 1959.
A 13½ inch tall, 16¾ inch long Trippensee tellurian, fitted with a 9½" (24.5 cm) diameter terrestrial globe, signed within round cartouche in Pacific, with small wooden moon painted black & white rotating around it on a geared metal arm, the two revolving around a central yellow plastic sun which has a small planet Venus painted black and white rotating around it on a metal arm, all mounted on geared mechanisms on a plastic arm with raised legend reading "TRIPPENSEE/ PLANETARIUM CO./ SAGINAW, MICH." Small round compass inset on top of the arm beside, the whole mounted on a turned ebonized wooden central standard, set on a round, stepped, plastic base, with a circular zodiac dial affixed to the top, printed in black on gold.
An excellent example of a Trippensee tellurian, a model which demonstrates the rotation of the moon around the earth, and the rotations of the earth and Venus around the sun, as well as the phases of the moon and Venus from the sun.
A 13½ inch tall, 16¾ inch long Trippensee tellurian, fitted with a 9½" (24.5 cm) diameter terrestrial globe, signed within round cartouche in Pacific, with small wooden moon painted black & white rotating around it on a geared metal arm, the two revolving around a central yellow plastic sun which has a small planet Venus painted black and white rotating around it on a metal arm, all mounted on geared mechanisms on a plastic arm with raised legend reading "TRIPPENSEE/ PLANETARIUM CO./ SAGINAW, MICH." Small round compass inset on top of the arm beside, the whole mounted on a turned ebonized wooden central standard, set on a round, stepped, plastic base, with a circular zodiac dial affixed to the top, printed in black on gold.
An excellent example of a Trippensee tellurian, a model which demonstrates the rotation of the moon around the earth, and the rotations of the earth and Venus around the sun, as well as the phases of the moon and Venus from the sun.