Hawkes 1910
1910 Hawkes Manufacturing Company, Kansas City MO, Standard Planetarium (Tellurian with 16" boom)
Tellurian supported by 12 sided nickel plated iron base, a wood column supports large 6" copper sphere, it appears to have been brass plated before, this is most noticeable on the underside of the sun, as shown in a picture, where you can still see brass plating. We have found this tellurian on google and the one we found has full brass plating on the sun.
The sun has a moon-like satellite and the terrestrial globe on the other end of boom has a moon sphere as well.
We believe that some gears and/or other parts are missing. The globe as you can see is missing it's paper covering almost completely. There are quite a few dings to the large sun. The boom seems to sag a bit toward the earth.
This probably could be restored with some knowledge and spare parts.
April 23rd 2009 Sold on ebay for $299
By : jaxxon99 of Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
Tellurian supported by 12 sided nickel plated iron base, a wood column supports large 6" copper sphere, it appears to have been brass plated before, this is most noticeable on the underside of the sun, as shown in a picture, where you can still see brass plating. We have found this tellurian on google and the one we found has full brass plating on the sun.
The sun has a moon-like satellite and the terrestrial globe on the other end of boom has a moon sphere as well.
We believe that some gears and/or other parts are missing. The globe as you can see is missing it's paper covering almost completely. There are quite a few dings to the large sun. The boom seems to sag a bit toward the earth.
This probably could be restored with some knowledge and spare parts.
April 23rd 2009 Sold on ebay for $299
By : jaxxon99 of Penticton, British Columbia, Canada