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246 THE GREAT EXHIBITION
medal was awarded by the jury for this globe. Newton and Son exhibited a large
manuscript celestial globe, six feet in diameter. The positions of the stars were laid,
down from their positions as calculated for the year 1860. A variety of other different-
sized globes were also exhibited by Messrs. Newton, which were distinguished by
good finish generally, and by cheapness. A prize medal was awarded to them by the
jury. Fletcher exhibited a pair of terrestrial globes, which were well made and finished ;
and one case, showing the various stages of globe-malting, which was interesting.
Eedhouse exhibited a model of the moon in high relief, the craters, mountains, &c.,
being modelled from actual observation, with a one-foot reflector, power about fifty-five,
and the occasional use of a refractor, power ninety, (the use of the latter being procured
only at the expense of a journey of thirty-five miles). "We were reminded, by the sight of
this interesting object, of those beautiful lines in Milton, wherein he describes the
" ponderous shield" of the fallen archangel, likening it to
" The moon whose orb
Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views
At evening from the top of Fesole,
Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands,
Rivers, or mountains in her spotty globe."—Paradise Lost, Book I.
The jury, however, although they bestowed their commendation upon this globe, were of
opinion that the scale of height had been pitched too high; and that the effect was
injured rather than improved by silvering or gilding portions of the surface, the whole
being composed of a dark material. Adorno exhibited a globe twenty-five inches in
diameter, with the celestial and terrestrial maps super-imposed one upon the other; also
a globe of papier-mache, divided into forty-eight pieces, to be taken to pieces and
rebuilt at pleasure; and a skeleton globe, to show how to rebuild the globe in its frame.
The power of taking the globe to pieces was convenient for package and removal, as
well as for the convenient study of any part of it. They were well made. Stoker exhibited
an angular terrestrial globe, in tended for the solution of geographical problems. It
is adapted for nse as a common terrestrial globe, by unscrewing the cog-wheel attached to
the spindle at the south pole, and substituting the horizon and meridian, the former
being screwed in the upright of the stand, the latter being placed upon the globe, the
angular motion given to which is designed for the better explanation of the changes of the
seasons. Mr. Stoker also exhibited a spherical geographical clock, to show the difference
of time between two given places whose longitudes are known, and intended to be of
more general use than those ordinarily constructed. Bentley exhibited a plain globe.
The northern and southern hemispheres were printed on circular pieces of card-board,
each hemisphere moving under a brass meridian, which confined it to its place, and
afforded the same facility as an ordinary globe for working problems. Paxon exhibited a
lunarium, with a contrivance for showing the phases of the moon. Marratt exhibited
a HusselVs globe of the moon, mounted as originally sold, with movement in brass, for
exhibiting the vibrations, &c, in longitude and latitude. Good exhibited a new method
of illustrating the effect of the earth's diurnal motion upon the plane of a pendulum's
oscillation. It consisted of one end of a radius arm, fixed in the centre of a globe;
the other end being adjustable in a vertical plane, and therefore to any latitude, was
made to revolve so that its time of revolution varied as the sine of latitude j the time of
the revolution of the globe being its measure. Gilbert exhibited a portable celestial and
terrestrial globe, made of tissue-paper, and inflated with air. The celestial globe was
adapted chiefly for the use of the lecture-room, and might be made of any convenient size.
The terrestrial was twelve feet in circumference, and was inflated either by means of an
air-pump, or by simply raising it to and fro from the floor, by which means it might be
medal was awarded by the jury for this globe. Newton and Son exhibited a large
manuscript celestial globe, six feet in diameter. The positions of the stars were laid,
down from their positions as calculated for the year 1860. A variety of other different-
sized globes were also exhibited by Messrs. Newton, which were distinguished by
good finish generally, and by cheapness. A prize medal was awarded to them by the
jury. Fletcher exhibited a pair of terrestrial globes, which were well made and finished ;
and one case, showing the various stages of globe-malting, which was interesting.
Eedhouse exhibited a model of the moon in high relief, the craters, mountains, &c.,
being modelled from actual observation, with a one-foot reflector, power about fifty-five,
and the occasional use of a refractor, power ninety, (the use of the latter being procured
only at the expense of a journey of thirty-five miles). "We were reminded, by the sight of
this interesting object, of those beautiful lines in Milton, wherein he describes the
" ponderous shield" of the fallen archangel, likening it to
" The moon whose orb
Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views
At evening from the top of Fesole,
Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands,
Rivers, or mountains in her spotty globe."—Paradise Lost, Book I.
The jury, however, although they bestowed their commendation upon this globe, were of
opinion that the scale of height had been pitched too high; and that the effect was
injured rather than improved by silvering or gilding portions of the surface, the whole
being composed of a dark material. Adorno exhibited a globe twenty-five inches in
diameter, with the celestial and terrestrial maps super-imposed one upon the other; also
a globe of papier-mache, divided into forty-eight pieces, to be taken to pieces and
rebuilt at pleasure; and a skeleton globe, to show how to rebuild the globe in its frame.
The power of taking the globe to pieces was convenient for package and removal, as
well as for the convenient study of any part of it. They were well made. Stoker exhibited
an angular terrestrial globe, in tended for the solution of geographical problems. It
is adapted for nse as a common terrestrial globe, by unscrewing the cog-wheel attached to
the spindle at the south pole, and substituting the horizon and meridian, the former
being screwed in the upright of the stand, the latter being placed upon the globe, the
angular motion given to which is designed for the better explanation of the changes of the
seasons. Mr. Stoker also exhibited a spherical geographical clock, to show the difference
of time between two given places whose longitudes are known, and intended to be of
more general use than those ordinarily constructed. Bentley exhibited a plain globe.
The northern and southern hemispheres were printed on circular pieces of card-board,
each hemisphere moving under a brass meridian, which confined it to its place, and
afforded the same facility as an ordinary globe for working problems. Paxon exhibited a
lunarium, with a contrivance for showing the phases of the moon. Marratt exhibited
a HusselVs globe of the moon, mounted as originally sold, with movement in brass, for
exhibiting the vibrations, &c, in longitude and latitude. Good exhibited a new method
of illustrating the effect of the earth's diurnal motion upon the plane of a pendulum's
oscillation. It consisted of one end of a radius arm, fixed in the centre of a globe;
the other end being adjustable in a vertical plane, and therefore to any latitude, was
made to revolve so that its time of revolution varied as the sine of latitude j the time of
the revolution of the globe being its measure. Gilbert exhibited a portable celestial and
terrestrial globe, made of tissue-paper, and inflated with air. The celestial globe was
adapted chiefly for the use of the lecture-room, and might be made of any convenient size.
The terrestrial was twelve feet in circumference, and was inflated either by means of an
air-pump, or by simply raising it to and fro from the floor, by which means it might be