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This globe was made in South St Andrew Street in Edinburgh by Robert Kirkwood and was used at the Hamilton Place Academy. The globe shows the night sky as visible from earth rather than the surface of the earth. It dates from between 1828 and around 1840.

The wooden interior structure of the globe is finished in plaster over which is laid the printed paper. There is an inscription: 'KIRKWOOD'S / NEW CELESTIAL GLOBE'.

Robert Kirkwood re-issued an improved version of his father James' terrestrial and celestial globes in 1828 after a fire at the firm's Old Town premises. The Hamilton Place Academy was a school owned by James MacLaren.

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• Online ID: 000-180-000-013-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.OJ 54 A
• Date: 1853
  Between 1828 and around 1840
  
• Material: Paper
  Book
  
• Dimensions: 30 mm H x 180 mm L x 110 mm W
  
• What: Book
  
• Subject:
• Who: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman (Maker)
  Thomas Keith (Writer)
  
• Where: England, London
  
• Event:
• Description: Printed book entitled "Use of the Globe", by Thomas Keith, published by Longman, Brown, Green and Longman, London, 1853
  
• References:
  • Simpson, A. D. C., 'Globe Production in Scotland in the period 1770-1830' in Der Globusfreund 35-37 (1987), pp 21-36 
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