000-100-102-702-C
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Pocket terrestrial globe
This pocket terrestrial globe was made in 1793 by John Miller, a scientific instrument maker based in Edinburgh. It is an example of the first successful attempt to produce globes in Scotland.
Made from pasteboard, and covered with hand-painted gores printed from engraved copper plates, the small globe shows the Earth.
John Miller had earlier been in association with surveyor John Ainslie (1745-1828) in a project to produce globes, but this had failed by 1777. These schemes were aimed at the luxury end of the market, rather than as a teaching aid.
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| Online ID: |
000-100-102-702-C |
| Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
| Project: |
0098: National Museums Scotland
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| Ref: |
National Museums Scotland T.1964.5 |
| Date: |
1793
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| Material: |
Leather case
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| Dimensions: |
3.00" D
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| What: |
Globe, terrestrial / case
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| Subject: |
5. CARTOGRAPHY, Globes (Departmental Classification)
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| Who: |
John Miller, Edinburgh (Globe maker)
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| Where: |
Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
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| Description: |
Terrestrial globe, damaged and lacking three small sections of the plaster, and in a spherical leather case with a gored celestial map pasted on the inside, by John Miller, Edinburgh, 1793
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| References: |
- Clarke, T.N., Morrison-Low, A.D. & Simpson, A.D.C. Brass & glass scientific instrument making workshops in Scotland as illustrated by instruments from the Arthur Frank Collection at the Royal Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS, 1989. pp 30,55
- Simpson, A.D.C. 'Globe production in Scotland in the period 1770-1830'. Der Globusfreund: Journal for the study of globes and related instruments. Vienna, 1987
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