overall: 8 3/4 in x 19 1/2 in x 26 in; 22.225 cm x 49.53 cm x 66.04 cm
Object Name:
Tellurian
Place made:
United States
Date made:
early 19th century
Description:
This simple and apparently homemade device may have been used by an itinerant teacher in New England in the early 19th century. The oval base is made of pine. It has a picture of the Sun painted near the middle, as well as indications of “Summer in the Northern Hemisphere,” “Summer in the Southern Hemisphere,” two positions of “Equal day & night,” and signs of the zodiac. The Earth is represented by a wooden ball that, with its post, moves in a groove around the Sun.
