The two attend antiques and garden shows together. This is where Hume began to see armillary spheres. The word armillary means something consisting of hoops or rings. Armillary spheres are ...

It’s akin to a very complex sundial. Armillary spheres are often sold in garden shops as decorative objects, but the one in Meridian Hill Park actually worked. Edith was dead by 1925.

The rings, which looked like normal finger rings, were actually armillary spheres, which astronomers used in their work. Some of the rings, now relics, are showcased by the British Museum.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Ptolemy is usually associated with the earliest armillary spheres. These are the instruments which map out paths ...

"During the 16th and 17th centuries, these astronomy tools were sized down to become fashionable finger rings that moved just like regular armillary spheres," the official website of My Modern Met ...

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 ...

As we watch Samwell stand awestruck, the camera pans around the library and shows armillary spheres doubling as chandeliers that work with smaller armillaries to reflect sunlight onto the stacks.

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 ...

Housed in a spherical structure that is evocative of ancient armillary spheres used in maritime navigation, Philos comprises a finely finished aluminium protective case and self-pouring decanter for ...

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 ...