celestial globe in a sentence
Examples
- Crux was first shown in its correct position on the celestial globes of Petrus Plancius and Jodocus Hondius in 1598 and 1600.
- But his reputation today rests largely on cartography, and on his creation of an immense collection of terrestrial and celestial globes and charts.
- For this reason, celestial globes are often produced in mirror image, so that at least the constellations appear the right way round.
- Blown-glass armillaries ( skeleton celestial globes ), and other variations on the sphere are spotted throughout his office, his studio and his nearby home.
- At the base of a clock there was an 86 cm ( 34 " ) diameter celestial globe, accompanied by the figure of a pelican.
- Shen wrote about the earlier Yi Xing ( 672 717 ), a Buddhist monk who applied an early escapement mechanism to a water-powered celestial globe.
- In 1599, Edward Wright published " Certaine Errors in Navigation ", which included commentary on the use of the terrestrial and celestial globes developed by Molyneux.
- Brahe's expanded list had circulated in manuscript since 1598 and was available in graphic form on the celestial globes of Petrus Plancius, Hondius, and Willem Blaeu.
- He also used his book to advertise other of his inventions, including a celestial globe for viewing the stars that a teacher and pupils could stand inside.
- For each constellation, he provided two drawings, one from the outside of a celestial globe, and the other from the inside ( as seen from the earth ).