Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2

Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2 - Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy

Transcribers note:Many foreign and English words in the text and in the references occur in joined, hyphenated and spaced forms with almost equal frequency. These have not been modified for the sake of fidelity to the printed text. The shifting of globe making interest to the northwest of Europe at the close of the sixteenth century.The Van Langrens as leaders.Jodocus Hondius and his son Henricus.Willem Jansz. Blaeu and his sons, John and Cornelius.The Ferreri armillary sphere.Globes of Peter Plancius.Isaac Habrecht.Globes of Mattheus Greuter and their reproduction by Rossi.Manfredus Settla.Abraham Goos.Adam Heroldt. Certain striking tendencies exhibited in the matter of globe making in this period.The Gottorp globes.Weigels globes.Carlo Benci.Amantius Moroncelli.Castlemaines immovable globe.The armillary of Treffler.Armillary sphere of Gian Battista Alberti.The numerous globes of P. Vincenzo Coronelli.Certain anonymous globes of the period.Johannes Maccarius.Jos. Antonius Volpes.Vitale Giordani.George Christopher Eimmart.Giuseppe Scarabelli.Giovanni Battista.Joseph Moxon.The Chinese globes of Peking. Activities of Guillaume Delisle.Jean Dominique Cassini and his reforms.Vincenzo Miot.The globes of Gerhard and Leonhard Valk.Activities of John Senex.Nicolas Bion.The armillary sphere of Carmelo Cartilia.Mattheus Seutter of vi Augsburg.Robert Morden.Jean Antoine Nollet.Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr of Nrnberg.Terrestrial globe of Cusani.Terrestrial globes of Siena.The work of the monk Pietro Maria da Vinchio.James Ferguson of Scotland. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 39867
Author: Stevenson, Edward Luther
Release Date: Jun 11, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English