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CLOCKS, BAROMETERS, SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS - Dudley Adams - a 12in celestial globe, printed 'To...

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CLOCKS, BAROMETERS, SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS - Dudley Adams - a 12in celestial globe, printed 'To...
CLOCKS, BAROMETERS, SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
Dudley Adams - a 12in celestial globe, printed 'To His Most Sacred Majesty George The Third. This New Celestial Globe, containing all ye Southern Constellations lately observed at the Cape of Good Hope, & all the stars in Flamsted's British catalogue. Is most humbly inscribed by His Majesty's most dutifull & obedient subject & servant. D. Adams. Made by D. Adams, Only Globe Manufacturer & Ma... Imstru... Make...', the sphere applied with coloured gores showing the stars, zodiac signs and various scientific instruments, including Machina Pneumatica, Microscopium, Fornax Cremica, Sextans and Horologium Reticulus Rhom, in brass meridian within horizontal ring printed with compass degrees, zodiac names and months of the year, on turned pillar, supported by tripod cabriole legs with pad feet, late 18th century, 22in high, (stand wormed, lacking stretchers and compass beneath, general damage) (By Order of Martin Trollope-Bellew Esq and formerly the property of the Hon. Mrs. Dorothy Nesta Trollope-Bellew, Casewick Hall, Lincolnshire)