“I especially like armillary spheres,” said Miley, who lived in Texas when she created the work and now lives in Northern Virginia. “As you know, they were ancient instruments.” Miley ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...