Celestial Globe
Object Details
- Joslin, Gilman
- Annin, William B.
- Description
- The cartouche reads: “JOSLIN’S / Ten-Inch / CELESTIAL GLOBE / CONTAINING / all the Stars to the fifth Magnitude, inclusive. / From the Maps of the Stars, Published by the Society / for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. / Drawn and Engraved by W. B. Annin / BOSTON -- GILMAN JOSLIN.”
- This globe is supported on Joslin’s “full wood stand” with four short wooden legs, a wooden horizon circle and a brass meridian.
- Gilman Joslin (1804-about 1886) worked for Josiah Loring in Boston before issuing a globe under his own name in 1839. At mid-century, Joslin’s manufactory employed three men and two women, and boasted a 3-horsepower steam engine. The women probably pasted the paper gores onto the globe balls.
- William B. Annin, the artist who drew and engraved for this celestial globe, also worked for Loring.
- Ref: Gilman Joslin & Son, Joslin’s Terrestrial and Celestial Globes (Boston, 1885), p. 41.
- D. J. Warner, “The Geography of Heaven and Earth,” Rittenhouse 2 (1988): 100-103.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- mid 19th century
- ID Number
- PH.330000
- accession number
- 285855
- catalog number
- 330000
- Object Name
- globe
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- overall: 14 5/8 in x 12 1/2 in; 37.1475 cm x 31.75 cm
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- associated place
- United States: Massachusetts, Sheffield
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Globes
- Measuring & Mapping
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Astronomy
- Record ID
- nmah_1063832
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-d94c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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