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Globe, English?, Early 18th Century
Object is on display.
Inventory Number:	23348
Object Type:
Place Created:	London England United Kingdom Europe
Accession Number:	1925-43
Brief Description:	Globe, possibly English, Unsigned and undated; early 18th century. Plaster, brass and wood. The globe is blank except for Lines of Latitude marked at intervals of 10°.
Provenance:	Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1925.
Collection Group:	Orrery Collection
Dimensions:	Height Width Depth Diameter Unit 180 mm
Narratives Inventory no. 23348 - Former Display Label A group of instruments for practical mathematics Former Display Label - The Orrery Collection of Scientific Instruments Former Display Label - The Principal Makers of Instruments in the Orrery Collection Orrery Collection: 1731 Inventory Orrery Collection in print Accession Record : Extract from Annual Report for 1925

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