Trippensee Planetarium

Trippensee Planetarium

The Geo. M. Hendry Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, [Canada], 1908.

A 14 ½ inch tall (16 cm), 18 ½ inch (47.3 cm) long Trippensee tellurian with a 3 inch (7.6 cm) diameter terrestrial globe with 12 color printed gores over papier mâché and plaster, signed with shield shape cartouche in Pacific ("The Trippensee Mfg. Co. Detroit, Mich."), with 1 inch diameter wooden moon painted black and white rotating around it on a geared metal arm, the two revolving around a central 6 inch (14.8 cm) diameter brass sun which has a wooden 2 inch diameter planet Venus painted black and white rotating around it on a metal arm, all mounted on geared mechanisms on a wood arm with metal label and small compass, on a turned wood stand with round 7 5/8 inch (194 mm) diameter brass base printed with seasons, signs of the zodiac, and months.

LITERATURE

Ref: Barry J. Sobel, “The Story of the Orrery and the Trippensee Company,” Rittenhouse 15 (2001): 83-92