Globes Collection

Rene Descartes at Desk
RENE DESCARTES French Mathematician and Philosopher. Attempted to unify all knowledge as the product of clear reasoning from self-evident premises

Globes

Cartoon, Sun bathing with rapid action globes. 1923

Spheres depicting the Earths orbit round the Sun. Date: 18th century

MAKING GLOBES 1930S
Making globes: The girl is pasting newspaper over a globe shape. The globe is then baked in an oven until hard. The boy is preparing a half globe for joining. Date: 1930s

MANUFACTURING GLOBES
A man making globes by sticking two halves together Date: 1930s

Terrestrial and Celestial Globes. Date: circa 1760

PARALLELS OF LONGITUDE
Parallels of longitude, relative to the Equator Date: circa 1690

Hot-air balloon from 18th century. Engraving

Paseo del Prado, Havana, Cuba
Street scene, Paseo del Prado (Paseo Marti), Havana, Cuba, with pedestrians wearing their Sunday best. Date: circa 1920

Advert for Charles Joyner & Co. lighting 1888
Advert for Charles Joyner & Co. for Chandeliers, brackets, pendants, hall laterns and general gasfittings. Available in Icknield Square, Birmingham. 1888

Polished brass chandeliers, Plate 259
Two, three and five-light polished brass chandeliers, Plate 259. Date: circa 1880s

Glass engraved globes and bronze chandeliers 1881
Chandeliers with engraved glass globes and lacquered, steel or florentine bronzed fittings. 1881

Statuesque Oil Lamps
Oil lamps designed by M. Boy, in the form of classical women upholding the glass globes

Hall, passage and verandah lamps for gas lighting 1881
Victorian hall and passage ceiling lights, lacquered in brass or bronze, fitted with engraved globe and coronet. Date: 1881

Polished brass and florentine bronzed chandeliers 1881
Gas chandeliers can either be in polished or lacquered brass and florentine bronze with three or five tier engraved glass globes. Date: 1881

Chandeliers and wall brackets 1881
Selection of chandeliers and ornate wall brackets made from lacquered brass or bronzed and relieved with glass globes. Date: 1881

London Coliseum
Promotional postcard showing The London Coliseum. The theatre was built by the theatrical architect Frank Matcham who intended it to be one of Londons largest

Paris, France - Passage Colbert. Date: 1829

Display of the Arts and Sciences - Experiments
A general display of the Arts and Sciences. Frontipiece plate, showing a wide variety of scientific experiments and demonstrations taking place

Figure 6 from Dissertation sur les Globes Aerostatiquse
Figure 6 from Dissertation sur les Globes Ae

One of the Montgolfier brothers departing from England (18th c.). Engraving

Balloon. Engraving. It leaved in 14th January, 1784

Hot-air balloon from 18th century. Drawing

First flight of a hot-air balloon on 22th December 1783 in Defsessebruk (Wales)

Frontispiece Qing Emperor, Shunzhi
Frontispiece illustration featuring the Emperor of China (Qing Emperor, Shunzhi (1638-1661) and a globe surrounded by courtiers and prisoners

Exhibits in Dome of Discovery and Shot Tower, London
Various exhibits in the Dome of Discovery and the Shot Tower at the Festival of Britain, South Bank, London. Top left shows a reconstruction of Captain Cooks ship, Endeavour

Gates of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich

1980s Interior with ceiling light and fern
A classic 1980s-style ceiling light fitting with three glass globe covers, with the three large fronds of a fern plants rising up beneath it. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Medical / Ailments / Gout
A man with gout wears a long house coat, matching soft hat and one pointed slipper. The boys and the farmer wear country clothes albeit of different social classes

Monk Mathematicians
Monastic mathematicians : until the creation of universities, monastic establishments were the centres of learning

Maclaurin / Colin / Page
COLIN MACLAURIN Scottish mathematician

Painting a Globe
The globes are painted black and the map drawn on in white paint

Dutch Merchants
An allegorical comment on Dutch trading ventures of the 17th century - merchants consult atlases and globes while their vessels sail eastwards intent on trade

Peking Observatory
Cross-section of the observatory, showing globes, quadrants and other observational equipment

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