C. S. Hammond Celestial Globe
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This is a C. S. Hammond 12 inch celestial globe. c. 1956 (?) The globe is marked C.S. Hammond but the metal hour dial at the north pole is marked Denoyer-Geppert.
Additional information of a similar item:
Hammond 12 inch celestial globe.
and further descriptions from Bonhams description of Geppert sphere
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A 16-inch celestial table globe
Denoyer-Geppert Inc., Chicago; circa 1956
A celestial globe in full metal meridian with raised calibrations rotating within meridian fork, the horizon band with color-printed paper calendar and zodiac, raised on a round metal base. Globe with sky blue background, stars of first to third magnitude shown by size highlighted in yellow, smaller stars shown by size in black. Signed within a circular cartouche: "CELESTIAL/16 INCH GLOBE/ SYMBOLS OF APPARENT MAGNITUDE/1st. 2nd. 3rd./OTHERS/Denoyer-Geppert Co./ Chicago 40, U.S.A./Copyright 1956". The meridian fork stamped: "Made in U.S.A./ D.G. CO./CHICAGO"; the horizon band marked: "Denoyer-Geppert Co. Chicago."
24-1/2 x 22 in. (62 2 x 55.8 cm.) height x overall diameter.
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and similar description from George Glazer Gallery
" The celestial globe is mounted within a full metal meridian with raised calibrations rotating within a meridian fork. The horizon band has a color-printed paper calendar and zodiac, raised on a simple metal stand with circular tapering stem and round dish base. The paper gores are attached to a hollow metal core; the horizon band, however, is made of wood. The globe is colored light blue with stars of first to third magnitude shown by size highlighted in yellow and fourth through sixth magnitude stars shown by size in black. Major stars are labeled with Greek letters. Dotted black lines connect the brightest stars within constellations rather than illustrating them as mythological and other figures. Straight blue lines indicate their boundaries according to a convention dividing the sky into 88 interlocking constellations adopted in the 1920s by the International Astronomical Union. The Milky Way is indicated shaded with pale yellow dots. "
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