St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico has unveiled the only working Tycho Brahe armillary sphere on Earth. The complex device is used to target and measure distances in space, and although ...

A striking example is the huge armillary sphere by the sixteenth-century ... The instrument is a sumptuous demonstration piece rather than an observational tool. Its lavish ornamentation reflects ...

Have we at last found the missing Meridian Hill Park armillary sphere? No, I'm afraid not. But after my recent column on the handsome bronze armillary sphere that once graced the park on 16th ...

I’m a historical landscape architect and have been very curious about the fate of the Noyes armillary sphere in Meridian Hill Park. The sculpture, by C. Paul Jennewein, was a significant piece ...

This magnificent armillary sphere stands in the centre of the museum's top gallery. It was designed to show a model of the universe according the ancient astronomer, Claudius Ptolemy, with the ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The Armillary Sphere in the center of Troup Square was the source of some controversy when it was constructed and erected in the early ...

The British Museum has a collection of several armillary sphere rings that are incredibly well-crafted and detailed. When closed, they look like any other ring, but as the different bands are ...

LJUBLJANA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- A full-scale replica of the armillary sphere with rotating rings created by Augustin Ferdinand Hallerstein, or Liu Songling by his Chinese name, in the 18th century ...

This magnificent armillary sphere stands in the centre of the museum's top gallery. It was designed to show a model of the universe according the ancient astronomer, Claudius Ptolemy, with the ...

The Williamsburg Greenwich Armillary Sphere from The Brass Gallery is made from aluminium, cast iron and brass. Its three rings, pierced by an arrow (which works as the gnomon of a sundial ...

Copernican armillary sphere from set of two armillary spheres and a celestial globe constructed in paper on pasteboard with metal fitments supported on a decorative mahogany baluster base. Shows ...