Beschreibung:

Tellurian; Trippensee Co. THE TRIPPENSEE PLANETARIUM. DETROIT, MICH: THE TRIPPENSEE MFG. CO, 1908 Trippensee tellurian (14 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.), fitted with a 3 inch (7.6 cm) diameter terrestrial globe with 12 color printed gores over papier-mâché and plaster, signed within shield shaped cartouche in Pacific, with a 1 inch diameter wooden moon painted black and white rotating around it on a geared metal arm, the two revolving around a central 6 inch (14.8 cm) diameter brass sun which has a wooden 2 inch diameter planet Venus painted black & white rotating around it on a metal arm, all mounted on geared mechanisms on a maple arm with metal label and small compass, on turned wood stand with round brass base printed with seasons, signs of the zodiac and months. Some soiling to paper gores, paint chips to moon and Venus, some oxidation to metal components.