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Science in sport, or, The pleasures of astronomy : a new instructive pastime
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- Creator
- revised & approved by Mrs. Bryan, Blackheath
- Format
- 3-D Objects, Models, Sculpture
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- London : Published by Edward Wallis, approximately 1815
- Physical Details
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- 1 game board ; 45 x 59 cm folded to 18 x 14 cm
- OCLC
- ocn840061933
- "Introductory observations" and "Laws of the game" printed on game board.
- Game board consists of a hand-colored engraving cut into 15 sections and mounted on linen.
- The 35 playing spaces depict astronomers, astronomical phenomena, facts about the planets and thier orbits, fictional character such as the Man in the Moon, signs of the Zodiac, comets, and rainbows. Astronomer portraits include Ptolemy, Tycho Brahe, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Sir Isaac Newton.