Note 213 — Chapter XIV · The Technic of Globe Construction—Materials and Methods

Russel, J. A description of the selenographia, an apparatus for exhibiting the phaenomena of the moon; together with an account of some of the purposes to which it may be applied. London, 1797. In his effort to obtain funds for the construction of his globe he issued an announcement which he called a “Proposal for publishing by subscription a Globe of the Moon.”