Armillary sphere c 1860 delamarch type
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An armillary sphere based on the 16th century sky image of copernicus, with the (brass) sun as center point. This model of our solar system and dated 1860. This (demonstration) model is the unsigned but delamarche type. It gives an implication of the planets. From inside (the sun) to outside you got : 1 mercure – 2. Venus – 3. Wooden earth globe with the moon. – 4. Mars – 5. Vesto – 6. Juno – 7. Ceres – 8. Pallas – 9. Jupiter – 10. Saturn – 11. Uranus – 12. Neptune. On the planet of neptune it gives a discription of “le verviere ou neptune”. Le verviere discovery neptune in 1845-1846. 50 cm high and a diameter of 32 cm.
