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Loring, Josiah
Loring's Celestial Globe.
1833
Globe
| Authors |
Loring, Josiah |
| Full Title |
Loring's Celestial Globe Containing all the known Stars, Nebulae &c. Compiled from the Works of Wollaston, Flamsted, De la Caille, Havelius, Mayer, Bradley, Herschel, Maskelyne. The Transactions of the Astronomical Society of London &c. &c. (From Smith's New English Globe.) Boston, Josiah Loring, 136 Washington St. 1833. Annin & Smith sc. |
| List No |
2897.000 |
| Note |
2nd issue - this was 1st issued in 1832. Engraved by Annin & Smith. Loring's address is 136 Washington Street, Boston. Shows stars of magnitudes 1 to 9 and nebulae. Accompanies the 1833 Terrestrial 12" globe. Four legged table model with horizon ring. Total height from base to top is 17.5 inches, with the globe measuring 12 inches. |
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Wilson, James
Terrestrial Globe ... Celest
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1822
Globe
| Authors |
Wilson, James |
| Full Title |
A three inch Terrestrial Globe by Wilson's & Co. Alby. (with) A Celestial Globe, With all the Stars of the 1st. 2d. & 3d. Magnitudes. By Wilson & Son's Alby. |
| List No |
3122.000 |
| Note |
The date of the globes is an estimate. Paired with a three inch celestial globe. On a turned wooden stand with four black ball feet, full height from base to top, 5 inches. Warner says that Wilson changed the business name from Wilson & Co. to Wilson & Sons in 1822. The celestial globe this is paired with is by Wilson & Sons, so I assume 1822 as the only year globes were made with both business names. The globe is very well engraved, showing much detail in the continents for its small size. Longitude is given from both Washington and London. Kimball notes that David Wilson, James' son, did the engraving for a new edition of the three inch globes in the early 1820's, which I assume are these globes. David later had brief success as a miniature painter, utilizing the same delicate engraving skills which he applied to these extremely well engraved globes. The three inch globe was also sold in pocket form with the celestial sphere on the inside of the case and on a stand with horizon ring and brass meridian. On this turned wooden stand version, the globe is mounted horizontally, an unusual presentation. Wilson made the first globes in the United States, with 1810 his first year of production and 1850 (by Cyrus Lancaster) his last. |
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Wilson, James
New American Celestial Globe
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1826
Globe
| Authors |
Wilson, James |
| Full Title |
A New American Celestial Globe Containing the positions of nearly 5000 Stars, Clusters, Nebulae &c. Carefully compil'd & laid down from the latest & most approv'd astronomical tables reduced to the present time. By J. Wilson & Sons. 1826. Albany, St. N.Y. |
| List No |
4993.000 |
| Note |
The first edition of Wilson's revised Celestial Globe, after his edition of 1812 which was reissued to 1825. On a four leg table stand. Height of the globe is 13 inches, from base to top is 18 inches. |
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Copley, Charles, Joslin, Gil
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Improved Globe, Boston. (Cel
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1869
Globe
| Authors |
Copley, Charles, Joslin, Gilman |
| Full Title |
Improved Globe, Boston. Manufactured by Gilman Joslin, Corrected to 1870. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1852 by Charles Copley ... New York. (Celestial Globe). |
| List No |
2920.002 |
| Note |
16" pair of Terrestrial and Celestial globes. These globes were originally issued by Copley and sold by Blunt in New York in 1852. Joslin revised and reissued them (this pair) in 1869, continuing until the 1890's (Warner). These are both floor stand models and are illustrated in Joslin's catalogue of the early 1870's (see our copy). Franklin Globes also issued the Copley Globes, but they may have been made by Joslin or Nims for Franklin (Warner). "National Park" is shown in the U.S. where Yellowstone Park was created in 1872, but we think this is anticipatory rather than after the fact. The "corrected to 1870" was usually done a year or two before the date (Coffeen). The Copley globes are beautifully executed, have a "modern" look, and are "extremely detailed, even to the point of obscurity" (Warner). Warner further states that "no examples of the Joslin 1869 state of these globes are known." This pair may be the only survivors. Copley won a gold medal in 1852 from the American Institute for the globes (see Transactions of the American Institute 1852, p124-5). Warner lists a Franklin 16" Terrestrial (3-88) by Nims that is similar to this. Total height from base to top is 43 inches. |
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Joslin, Gilman, Loring, Josi
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Loring's Celestial Globe.
1854
Globe
| Authors |
Joslin, Gilman, Loring, Josiah |
| Full Title |
Loring's Celestial Globe Containing all the known Stars Nebulae &c. Compiled from the works of Wollaston, Flamsted, de la Caille, Havelius, Mayer, Bradley, Herschel, Maskelyne. The Transactions of the Astronomical Society of London &c, &c. (From Smith's New English Globe). Boston: Josiah Loring, 136 Washington St. 1854. |
| List No |
4661.000 |
| Note |
This is a 12-inch floor stand globe paired with the 1854 Terrestrial floor globe by Loring/Joslin. Although Joslin is not listed as publisher on the Celestial globe, I assume he issued it under Loring's imprint. Total height is 41 inches. |
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