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164.Murdock & Company 5-inch Globe and Stand, West Boylston,Massachusetts, c. 1835, a wooden sphere with twelve printed goresand polar calottes, maker’s cartouche in Pacific Ocean marked Madeby D. C. & A. Murdock, West Boylston, Mass., Europe, North Americaand New Holland shaded in green with principal continents labeled, thestand with printed horizon ring, signs of the zodiac and calendar all on athree-legged stand.$800-1,200165.12-inch Library Globe on Stand by Replogle Globes Inc., Chicago,Illinois, twelve printed gores with countries and states in varying shadesof tan, green, yellow, and brown, oceans in green, maker’s cartouchestating 12 Inch Library Globe by Replogle Globes Inc., Chicago,Analemma in Pacific Ocean, calibrated cast meridian ring all on a turnedand carved stand with reeded legs and cast brass paw feet, ht. 35 1/2in.$200-400166.Kittinger 18-Inch Terrestrial Library Globe, Buffalo, New York, withprinted gores with states and countries highlighted in different colors,maker’s cartouche in the Pacific stating 18 Inch Terrestrial Globe,Kittinger Company, Incorporated..., Analemma table or Equation ofTime chart, brass hour circle at the pole, paper on wood horizon ringswith signs of the zodiac and calendar, all on a turned and carved walnutbase with central carved shaft support and four supporting legs, ht. 38in.$1,000-1,500167.Hammett’s Planisphere and Celestial Globe, heavy card 12-in. dia.revolving planisphere marked Hammett’s Planisphere showing thePrincipal Stars Visible for Every Hour in the Year, printed directionsfor use and for finding the principal constellations on the reverse, thecelestial globe with 6 1/2 in. metal orb, printed gores, iron frame withcalibrated brass horizon circle and meridian ring, signed on boss, ernstSchotte & Co.$300-500166168.Trippensee Planetarium, Trippensee Manufacturing Company,Saginaw, Michigan, chain and gear driven earth, and planets around astationary yellow sun, 16-in. arm supporting the earth and marked withmanufacturer’s name, cast iron base with calendar and signs of thezodiac, ht. 14 in.$1,000-1,500169.Mahogany Decagonal Telescope, probably London, c. 1770, withsingle brass draw, 35-in. mahogany tube, brass fittings for optics andlens covers, lg. extended 41 in.$700-900169

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