(Untitled Terrestrial Globe). / Holbrook's Apparatus Mfg. Co. / 1854

(Untitled Terrestrial Globe). Holbrook's Apparatus Mfg. Co. 1854

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Full Title: (Untitled Terrestrial Globe).

Author: Holbrook's Apparatus Mfg. Co.

Date: 1854

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Author: Holbrook's Apparatus Mfg. Co.

Date: 1854

Short Title: (Untitled Terrestrial Globe).

Publisher: Wethersfield, Connecticut: Holbrook's Apparatus Mfg. Co.

Type: Globe

Object Height cm: 8

Object Width cm: 8

Scale 1: 170,000,000

Note: This three inch solid wood, paper covered globe is hinged to open and reveal the western and eastern hemispheres on a flat globular projection on the two inside surfaces. It was used as a teaching device to show students how a globe can be represented on a flat surface. The date is estimated by Warner, based on Holbrook's move to Wethersfield, Connecticut in 1854 to use convict labor to manufacture his globes (including this one). Full color.

Reference: Warner p. 96; McCorkle, America Emergent 74; Yonge p.34.

World Area: World

Full Title: (Untitled Terrestrial Globe).

List No: 5229.000

Series No: 1

Published In: (Untitled Terrestrial Globe).

Publication Author: Holbrook's Apparatus Mfg. Co.

Publication Date: 1854

Publication Reference: Warner p. 96; McCorkle, America Emergent 74; Yonge p. 34.

Publication Note: See note field above.

Publication List No: 5229.000

Publication Type: Globe

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 8

Publication Width cm: 8

Image No: 5229000

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