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Rarissime LOXOCOSME, appareil pour démontrer les mouvements annuels de la
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Very rare LOXOCOSM, a device for demonstrating the earth's movements in relation to the sun each year
Inscription on two labels: "Loxocosm or demonstrator of the movements of the terrestrial globe, the phenomena behind the seasons and inequality of the days, sunrise and sunset all over the Earth. Approved by the Royal Academy of Sciences in December 1780. "Invented by Mr FLECHEUX in 1780" 18e century period
Size: 14.2 x 21.7 x 14.6 in. (Damage and missing parts)
“Name given to certain planets that only show the movement of the earth around the sun”.
Bibliography: H. Demoriane L'art de reconnaitre les instruments scientifiques, p. 106.
Inscription on two labels: "Loxocosm or demonstrator of the movements of the terrestrial globe, the phenomena behind the seasons and inequality of the days, sunrise and sunset all over the Earth. Approved by the Royal Academy of Sciences in December 1780. "Invented by Mr FLECHEUX in 1780" 18e century period
Size: 14.2 x 21.7 x 14.6 in. (Damage and missing parts)
“Name given to certain planets that only show the movement of the earth around the sun”.
Bibliography: H. Demoriane L'art de reconnaitre les instruments scientifiques, p. 106.