Planisphere
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0073.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PHILIP, GEORGE & SON
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Plastic/metal pivot ring
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 24.8 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Astronomy
- Category
- Demonstration & teaching equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PHILIP
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Device that can be adjusted so as to illustrate visible stars for any given date and time for latitude between 37 and 47 degrees north. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Yellow lettering on top reading 'PHILIP'S PLANISPHERE/SHOWING THE/ PRINCIPAL STARS/VISIBLE FOR EVERY HOUR/IN THE YEAR', 'LAT.42 N' & '37 N USEFUL ZONE 47 N'/black printed instructions on back and lettering reading 'GEORGE PHILIP AND SON LIMITED, VICTORIA ROAD, LONDON NW10'.
- Missing
- none
- Finish
- Multicoloured plastic/brass coloured ring.
- Decoration
- N/A
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PHILIP, GEORGE & SON, Planisphere, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.0073, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0073.001/
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