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Early Antique Brass Trippensee Planetarium, Orrery U.S Pat March 10, 1908
Early Antique Brass Trippensee Planetarium, Orrery U.S Pat March 10, 1908
Early Antique Brass Trippensee Planetarium, Orrery U.S Pat March 10, 1908
Early Antique Brass Trippensee Planetarium, Orrery U.S Pat March 10, 1908
Early Antique Brass Trippensee Planetarium, Orrery U.S Pat March 10, 1908
Early Antique Brass Trippensee Planetarium, Orrery U.S Pat March 10, 1908
Early Antique Brass Trippensee Planetarium, Orrery U.S Pat March 10, 1908
Early Antique Brass Trippensee Planetarium, Orrery U.S Pat March 10, 1908
Early Antique Brass Trippensee Planetarium, Orrery U.S Pat March 10, 1908
Early Antique Brass Trippensee Planetarium, Orrery U.S Pat March 10, 1908
Early Antique Brass Trippensee Planetarium, Orrery U.S Pat March 10, 1908
Early Antique Brass Trippensee Planetarium, Orrery U.S Pat March 10, 1908
Early Antique Brass Trippensee Planetarium, Orrery U.S Pat March 10, 1908
Early Antique Brass Trippensee Planetarium, Orrery U.S Pat March 10, 1908
Early Antique Brass Trippensee Planetarium, Orrery U.S Pat March 10, 1908

Early Antique Brass Trippensee Planetarium, Orrery U.S Pat March 10, 1908

$ 1528.56

Availability: 95 in stock
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Maker: Trippensee
  • Time Period Manufactured: Pre-1930

    Description

    Antique Brass Trippensee Planetarium, Orrery, U.S Pat March 10, 1908. Very good condition. Good working order. Aged patina. Non-Smoking.
    All original with seasons and star installations, bronze sun and wood planets.
    This Planetarium is from the original school in Paxton, NE which was torn down in the 1940's.
    Please be aware, the globe is pre-"Treaty of Versailles" on June 28, 1919, when the old European Empires are still indicated prior to being partitioned into modern day countries and many countries around the globe were still colonies under different names.
    The Laing Co., of Detroit, Mi., manufactured planetariums based on the patent (#578,108) issued to Alexander Laing in 1897.   Frank Trippensee (a Laing employee), and his brothers, bought the firm in 1905 and turned the simple string and pulley instrument into one that used a chain drive and gears. Frank Trippensee received patents in the United States (#881,875), and Canada in 1908, became the school standard for many years throughout the United States.