Flat Earth Map - Gleason's New Standard Map Of The World - Large 24 x 36 1892

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I have been unable to learn anything else about his training or profession, though apparently he found little in the way of lasting success. This was a modern-day flat-Earth theory according to which the Earth is a circular plane centered on the North Pole and bounded by ice, with the sun, planets and stars in motion only a few thousand miles above its surface. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform.

APA citation style Gleason, Alexander, (1892) Gleason's new standard map of the world on the projection of J. On the face of the map are circular lines from the center or north pole to ninety degrees south representing the latitudes of the earth, both north and south of the equator.Somehow Gleason got hold of Christopher’s map and republished it, not once, but twice, albeit with his own modifications.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The internet is however awash in reproductions, everything from poster-sized enlargements to shower curtains and duvet covers, most or all derived from the original held by the Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library. In the centerof the mapis an eyelet, c, and into the opening (through the eyelet, c),isput the lower end, d, of the pin, a, so that these indicating arms have two movements, amovement one on the other and one or both together around the center of the map, and may be detached at pleasure from the map if so desired, and are also made easily removable by simply lifting the pin, d, out of the eyelet c. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.

Both zetetic astronomy and Christopher’s map made their way across the Atlantic and found adherents here in the United States, Alexander Gleason among them. To help you pick the right size, here are some of my 'standard' map sizes next to each other, in portrait and landscape orientation. Scattered soiling, staining and toning; two long cracks, held in place by linen backing; wear at edges with minor chipping and fraying to cloth backing. I claim as my invention- The combination with a time chart of a circular time dial encompassing the circular map, a disk or dial graduated and divided to indicate longitude and sun time on any meridian line or intervening lines, two indicating arms loosely pivoted to the center of the circular map, numerals indicating degrees of longitude on each of said arms, and apivoted joint for holding said arms together so the friction between them will be sufiieient to hold them one to the other at any point to which one may be moved on the other and permit both to be moved together by turning one, substantially as and for the purposes described.

Gleason’s map could conceptually be made by placing a flat horizontal paper just above a translucent globe whose north pole is at the top; then placing a bright LED at the south pole and making each feature according to where its shadow falls on the paper,” Goldhaber-Gordon said. Charles Bennett, a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University, said that representing a 3D object such as the earth in 2D is impossible “on the flat pages of an atlas,” which is why projections are used, but they are not accurate depictions of the earth’s shape. The ratings/reviews displayed here may not be representative of every listing on this page, or of every review for these listings. In all, a great rarity of late-19 th century pseudoscience, raising intriguing questions of authorship and intellectual antecedents.For example, I can add a short message, or highlight an important location, or add your family's coat of arms.

For example, if you live in the Philippines, your map will be printed and framed in the Philippines. is a vertical central sectional elevation through a small central portion of the map, showing a portion of the indicating arms and the construction of the parts by which they are secured movably together and the two to the map.On the face of the map proper, and within another circle (still toward the center) is laid out the continents, principal islands, rivers and cities of the world; their latitudes and longitudes corresponding to the latitudes and longitudes of all other first class geographical globe maps or charts of the world. m. for London, and there is no computation or counting for the child to make; he thus reads the hour and fractional part thereof from the dial of the map. On the arms is stamped the degrees of latitude; by the operation or moving of these arms the relative time of day or night is quickly determined and read on the dial by the child or person who can read the multiplication table, or tell the time of day by the hands of a clock. But this map wasn't just a handy device for time measurement or a way of showing off a novel projection. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.