Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-10-18

The Crea1 Globe IfseIs

From Chambers Journal.
The Great Globe 1tsels.
Having seen the fruits Of the worlds indus.
Try, LET Is 60 and see the world ITSELF Our
journey uill Be 10 no greater distance than
Laiuesfaf Squafas and in that region, sacred
10 needlaW0lk. panoFAmas, and foreigners, we
III aee aranfesentaaion OF oar earth, unique
In iEs 0hieck nnparall eIed ia its magnitude, and
unsurpassed IN its accurary In fact, since the
world as world il has never contained such
portfais of itself
Ii The centre Of this close and dingy looking
square tlsase has been erected hy he enter
prise of Nr Wylde. the we'll known map pub
Usher large circular building, surmounsed
by done and approached by four neat log
gas opening into the four sides Of the square.
Enferiag by one Of these We find ourselves 10
. circular passage about two hundred and
fifty feefin circnmfereuces the walls Of which
are profasely hung With some Of the finest
maps ever engraved. Aliases and other geo
graphical works are seen on every table, and
globes, terFeslial and celestial. from six inches
10 three feetin diameter. meet the eye in all
quarters Overhead are many supporting
beams beautifully decorated. and hung with
Elobula9 lamps, in admirable harmony with
the purpose for which the building was erect
ed The beams support part Of the convex
side Of tie globe. all Of which within the build
ing IS painted blue, with silver stars grouped
according 70 their position IN the southern
hemisphere and delineated according TO their
magnitude The portion Of the globe within
the building s, however, 50 small, and the
breaks caused by the supports so nun erous
thai this mapping Of the stars IS Of little value
edneationally. and from their irregularity oI
still less Talue IS decorations@ A few astFo-
nomical diagrams. Illustrative Of celestial phe.
nonaua and celestial bodies. might with a
much, If not more proprietys and certainly
with greater utility be substituted.
HafinR seen thus impeffectly Ghe exterior,
Won cross Ghe dimly lighted corridor. and as
eouh aa your eFRs have recovered from the
sudden change Of The light Of day for that ot
gas you see That jon are standing on small
cirenlar door II the bottom Of huge sphere
TIE 1bole interior Of which is ocespied by q
series Of hoors Or galleries about ten feet apart
giving one lhe idea Of dumb waiter on an
raordiaarY scale. Casting an eye upwards
attle niazsin yon see that they increase in
diAenzi0na IS they approach the centre Of the
sphere, and leave a ceaF space all round oI
about three feet IN width. Thus from each
floor view Of zone Of the globe some ten
feet II width Is obtained. The globe IS about
sixty feet 10 diameter--that is, twenty times
the diameter Of the largest yet tnade--and
about the seven hundred thousandth part oi
The real diameter af our earth. Itis OF course
impossible 90 Get complete view at once ol
the surface Of the globe from the galleries.
but ~ You aseend, numerous gas-lights, 50
disposed as 20 be hidden from the visitors
throw brilliant illuminatioH upon each por.
ton Of the coneaEe surface on which the earth
Is delniated
i vas 81 srsk intended to represent the
eafllIon the exterior Of the globe. but the OBJ
jeeli1ns t. such plan were so numerous and
obvious that i was abandoned and the inte.
TiaF vas chosen: SO that tie visitor though
inside de earth. must suppose himself view
ing L from the outside. The representation
belongs exclusively to physical geography
that IS to say, it is not broken up or varied by
the divisions Of countries. by lines Of latitude
and longitude, or By names The horizontal
os plane surface isrepresented on a scale oi
one inch 10 ten miles, while the verticaI Is 90
three times that scale. Thus mountain is
shown three times larger IN proportion than a
plain. Had the proportions been the same,
the elevations on the surface would have ap-
peafed 30 small IS 10 be almost imperceptible
Even On This larger scale. the highest noun
.ain ranges appear az small elevation above
the general surface, giving the spectator the
most perfect realization of fact hitherto so
imperfecilF Illustrated BY the 'protuberance on
the rind Of an orange The snowline of the
mountains IS beautifully delineated by white