M0000473: metal Ptolemaic armillary sphere

Date:: 1929

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/5/51

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0000409-M0000573WT/D/1/20/1/5
        M0000473: metal Ptolemaic armillary sphereWT/D/1/20/1/5/51

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M0000473: metal Ptolemaic armillary sphere. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

A model of objects in the solar system with the Earth as the centre, rather than the sun. The item was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and is now on permanent loan to the Science Museum.

Publication/Creation

1929

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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