Globe
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- OBJECT TYPE
- terrestrial/relief
- DATE
- 1960–1969
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.1085.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unknown
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Demonstration & teaching equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1967-2014
- Canada
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(From Worksheet, see Ref. 1) An example of a giant 6-foot terrestrial globe found in science centers, natural history museums, universities, planetariums, and public libraries. This globe was on public display in the entrance experience of the National Museum of Science and Technology’s exhibit ‘Earth and It’s Season’s’ when the Museum first opened as a centennial project in 1967. It was displayed there until the early 1980’s, moved, and then installed in the Canada in Space exhibition 1990-2014. - Function
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(From Worksheet, see Ref. 1) A terrestrial globe is a spherical representation or model of planet Earth’s surface. This one maps out the continents, political boundaries, selected major cities and capitals, oceans, seas, and major lakes. Mountain ranges appear in raised relief. - Technical
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(From Worksheet, see Ref. 1) Part of the process of cartography, globes are spherical models of Earth, the Moon or the planets. This one is tilted 23.5 degrees to represent the Earth rotation axis and rotates once every three minutes on a scale 1: 6.5 million. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Globe, circa 1960–1969, Artifact no. 1966.1085, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.1085.001/
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