Celestial Planiglobe

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Name coined by the inventor combining the Latin words planus (flat, plane) and globus (globe, sphere).

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Inventor

Isaak Habrecht (1589-1633)

Historic Period

1662

Description

Celestial and terrestrial planispheric globe mounted vertically on a pedestal.

Bibliographical Resources

Habrecht, Isaak, Planiglobium coeleste ac terrestre argentorati quondam nunc operâ Johannis Christophori Sturmii Norimbergae emendatiùs, auctiùs ac universaliùs editum, typis Christophori Gerhardi, Norimbergae, 1662.


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Isaak Habrecht, Planiglobium coeleste ac terrestre, Norimbergae, 1662.

Isaak Habrecht, Planiglobium coeleste ac terrestre, Norimbergae, 1662.

Isaak Habrecht, Planiglobium coeleste ac terrestre, Norimbergae, 1662, fig. III.

Author of the entry: Filippo Camerota

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