celestial globe
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of celestial globe
First recorded in 1755–65
Example Sentences
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A visitor would sit on a stable platform as the celestial globe spun around him—by means of water power, in its early incarnations—to show how stars appear to move with the changing of the seasons.
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2014
The second exhibit, a celestial globe, would show the heavens as they looked from the surface of the Earth.
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2014
The stargazer sits before a celestial globe, his fingers spanning the constellation Pegasus.
From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2010
He was the first person in Greece to make a sundial, a map of the known world and a celestial globe that showed the patterns of the constellations.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
URANIA, the muse of Astronomy, stands erect, and bears in her left hand a celestial globe.
From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by Berens, E.M.
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