Curio

State Library of New South Wales
Cary's new celestial globe on which are carefully laid down the whole of the stars and nebulae ... , c. 1830

Cary's new celestial globe on which are carefully laid down the whole of the stars and nebulae ... , c. 1830

GLOBE 8
Hand-coloured globe with brass meridian circles and hour rings mounted on a mahogany stand
Purchased from Hordern House in 2013

This celestial globe shows all the figures of the constellations and stars. The stars are classified in successive orders of magnitude. It shows the contemporary knowledge of the stars and constellations of the Southern Hemisphere to 1820, including the discoveries of Edmund Halley and Abbe de Lacaille.

The astrological signs

Around the outside of the globe, around the equatorial line, is a circular band or horizon ring. The band contains information on the calendar and the astrological signs and remains fixed as the globe rotates.