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Description: | MADE IN FRANCE 393.
PATENT 19460 / EMPIRE / CLOCK / S. SMITH & SON L. TD LONDON.
Terrestrial clockwork globe. Geographical details on sphere show shipping routes, with the indication of the names of the harbours and the distance between these in miles. Cables are marked by red lines. Currents such as the Gulf Stream and the California Current are depicted. Many islands are underlined in red and a total of six oceans are named.
The operation and construction of the clockwork mechanism is basically the same as Richard GLB0032. In the Whipple Museum, Cambridge, there is a globe of 150 mm diameter with a variant inscription on a pasted-on oval cartouche and the base is stamped. In the Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence, there is another copy of 200 mm diameter with an inscription on the base of the stand. For full details about the cartography and construction of this clockwork globe please refer to the related publication.
This object was sighted as being on display during the Collections Inventory Project (2001-2005).; It will need to be checked for object numbers and its condition activity updated
caption: Globe - Empire clock
caption: Globe - detail of Indian Ocean
caption: Cartouche in North Pacific Ocean | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Globes at Greenwich Terrestrial globe clockwork globes | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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