Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In this picture, we can see two scholars seated beneath a grand structure called an armillary sphere. An armillary ...

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 Street ...

Astronomers in the 16th through 19th centuries used to wear rings that unfolded to become instruments used for calculations. The rings, which looked like normal finger rings, were actually armillary ...

A photo of a ring has recently gone viral on social media and the internet is all hearts. The 16th century ring appears to be like an astronomical web with various other rings fitted into it. This is ...

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 of ...

Last month in this column I talked about the history of “Jingle Bells” and its connection to the Unitarian Universalist Church in Troup Square, but Troup Square is significant for more than just its ...

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 ...

The armillary sphere of 'Nam Byeong-cheol,' a late Joseon Dynasty astronomer, known only through historical texts, has been brought back to life after about 170 years. An armillary sphere is an ...