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| Authentic Models Terrestrial Armillary Sphere |
| Item Number: GL030 | | Dimensions: | 8 3/4" Width
13 1/4" Height |
| | Description: The Center of the Universe? Armillary spheres are early educational instruments that helped illustrate astronomical arrangements and motions. They demonstrate the Copernican concept of the Earth as the center of the Universe. Early man, looking at the heavens, believed that stars were fixed to the surface of a rotating sphere. Globes and armillary spheres are usually pivoted so that they can turn about an axis to represent the apparent daily rotation of the sky. The axis can be tilted at an angle to correspond with the latitude of the place of observation. The path of the sun is indicated by a wide band called the ecliptic circle. It is marked with dates to trace the sun?s annual passage around the globe. The earliest spheres were constructed by Greek astronomers like Hipparchus. Made of brass and wood; Multi color. | |
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About the Authentic Models Company
| Every single object fascinated and intrigued. I wanted to be a merchant prince. Which, many years later, is what I did, retracing the steps of Renaissance explorers and traders. Madras, Batavia, Edo, Peking in Marco Polo’s Cathay...commissioning objects from gifted and skilled artisans working in far away lands. Like the Dutch merchant prince four centuries ago, focusing on unique products made with traditional skills. Fighting our culture’s relentless ‘progress’ towards mass produced blandness... One year’s latest may be a hand made reproduction of a 1920s Bugatti playground racer. Next year is a collection of hand embroidered Central Asian wedding blankets. Timeless. Or a Cello Cabinet which looks like it’s straight out of Dali’s atelier. We want to surprise and impress. That’s what we have done for over 35 years, and we will keep doing it. Haring L. Piebenga - Founder AM, Since 1968.
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