Object Details
- Description
- This simple and apparently homemade device may have been used by an itinerant teacher in New England in the early 19th century. The oval base is made of pine. It has a picture of the Sun painted near the middle, as well as indications of “Summer in the Northern Hemisphere,” “Summer in the Southern Hemisphere,” two positions of “Equal day & night,” and signs of the zodiac. The Earth is represented by a wooden ball that, with its post, moves in a groove around the Sun.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- early 19th century
- ID Number
- 1979.1078.01
- accession number
- 1979.1078
- catalog number
- 1979.1078.01
- Object Name
- Tellurian
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 19 1/2 in x 26 in; 49.53 cm x 66.04 cm
- overall: 8 3/4 in x 19 1/2 in x 26 in; 22.225 cm x 49.53 cm x 66.04 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Globes
- Measuring & Mapping
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Astronomy
- Record ID
- nmah_1446223
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-dba9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
