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Q: What are these other tellurians? This Art Deco style one looks more like the one I found for my daughter Alexis?
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| This is a more recent tellurian (right), made by Trippensee probably in the 1960s. The company no longer used a wooden arm and brass sun, but a dense plastic instead. It's a more modern look, but functions in the same way as the older ones. The Trippensee company is still in business making tellurians and other astronomy devices, now owned by Science First in Buffalo, New York. |
 Bakelite Trippensee Tellurian Click image for full description and enlargement. |
Felkl and Sons Geared TellurianClick image for full description and enlargement. |
Q: What is this cast iron tellurian? This one (left) was made in Prague in the late 19th Century by Jan Felkl & Sons -- a prolific maker of globes and tellurians. It operates by a slightly more complex mechanism than the Trippensee. A series of gears are engaged by this crank handle. |
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