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Armillary sphere
Ptolemaic armillary sphere acquired and restored in the second half of the nineteenth century by Ferdinando Meucci, director of the Museo di Fisica e Storia Naturale of Florence. The Earth is represented by a brass sphere at the center. Two circles carry the Moon and Sun respectively. The sphere also [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Astronomy
- astronomy
Type of item
- Armillary sphere
- armillary spheres
Medium
- varnished brass
- Brass
- brass (alloy)
Providing institution
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- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- 17th cent.
- 16XX
- 1700
- 1601
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:407032
Extent
- sphere diameter 170 mm, height 340 mm, width 210 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/FerdinandoMeucci.html
Year
- 1601
- 1700
Providing country
- Italy