Trippensee Planetarium Company
Tellurian
American: c. 1958
14 inches high; 21 inches long
In original painted wooden box, 15 1/2 x 11 x 24 inches
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Trippensee Tellurian
Mid 20th Century
Mid 20th Century
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A geared tellurian comprised of a three-inch terrestrial globe spinning and revolving at the end of a bakelite maroon colored arm (with small inset round compass), and having revolving spherical black-and-white painted wood representation of the moon, the central plastic yellow bakelite sphere representing the sun with revolving black-and-white painted wood representation of Venus, above a turned ebonized wooden central standard, on bakelite round base with inset circular printed zodiac dial, and with iron weight on the underside stamped "1958." Globe with simple cartography, oceans colored blue, geographical entities pink, green, and yellow.
Solar and lunar eclipses, and the succession of seasons, are among the astronomical principles demonstrated on the Trippensee Planetarium. This device serves its original educational purpose by providing a working model for students to visualize the earth in the solar system, and is also decorative and entertaining. Legend on Arm: Trippensee/ Planetarium Co./ Saginaw, W.S./ Mich. Round Cartouche on Globe: C[opyright] The George F. Cram Co., Inc./ Indianapolis 7, Ind. Reference: Hovey, Edward. Elements of Mathematical Geography - A Hand Book for School and Home Use in Connection with the Trippensee Planetarium. (Detroit: 1911). |