Description

A 7 inch celestial globe by Kelvin & Hughes, circa 1975.

Twilight setting pattern. The globe is mounted in a brass meridian circle, the circle is divided 0 – 90° in four quadrants. The globe shows all the stars in the (abridged) Nautical Almanac (1958) and a number of additional ones. 57 selected stars have their names printed in capitals.

Globe cartouche marked: STAR GOBE KELVIN & HUGHES LTD EPOCH 1975 Printed by George Philip & Son, Ltd.

MAGNITUDES 01234 

With red and blue Chinagraph pencils, and 3 brass cursors. 

Case: 27 x 27 x 29 cm.

See the collection of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Object ID: ZBA0327 and ZBA0092.6

For full details about the cartography and construction of the globe gores see. Globes at Greenwich: A Catalogue of the Globes and Armillary Spheres in the National Maritime Museum, Elly Dekker, 1999.