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celestial globe

noun

  1. globe3


celestial globe

noun

  1. a spherical model of the celestial sphere showing the relative positions of stars, constellations, etc
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of celestial globe1

First recorded in 1755–65
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Or perhaps a dense display of 50 terrestrial and celestial globes from the 16th to the 20th centuries at Daniel Crouch Rare Books.

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The rock sits on the south side of the nave at the heart of a stained glass design covering three lancet windows, depicting a vast cosmos of colorful swirls and dark celestial globes.

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He was the first person in Greece to make a sundial, a map of the known world and a celestial globe that showed the patterns of the constellations.

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Her left hand sits on a celestial globe, probably a cue to her reverence for Newton's theory of universal gravitation.

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It can display the surface of the moon, the churning azure cloudscapes of Neptune or the celestial globe — the night sky.

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