The Mechanical Celestial Globe of Landgrave Wilhelm IV of Hesse-Kassel (1532-1592) Postcard

Silvered brass (globe and stand), iron and brass (movement), blued iron (meridian). H. 55.6 cm (overall), D. 35 cm (horizon ring), D. 33.2 cm (globe). Marburg and Kassel, 1575; movement by Eberhard Baldewein and Hans Bucher; stand by Wolff Meyer; globe by Hermann Diepel. Photography by Ken Adlard.