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Newton, John.
Newton's New Terrestrial Globe. [London]: 1818.

5 December 2018, 14:00 EST
New York

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Newton, John.

Newton's New Terrestrial Globe. [London]: 1818. A 2-inch (50 mm) diameter terrestrial pocket globe, made up of twelve hand colored engraved gores, the equatorial graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in days and showing the symbols of the houses of the zodiac, the meridian labelled "Meridian of London," the oceans showing the track of the third voyage of Captain Cook and the homeward return by Captains Clark and Gore. Original varnish, very lightly rubbed at south polar regions, set inside its original fishskin covered case with 2 clasps, the inner engraved gores showing the phases of the sun.

A delightful 2-inch diameter Newton globe, one of the smallest of Newton's range of globe sizes, ideal to carry around in your pocket. In this globe Newton does not include his address in Chancery Lane. Cf. Dekker Globes at Greenwich pp 422-425.

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