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Globes, Globes, Globes! 

We’ve all had globes on the mind since we got this amazing addition to our reading room.  This giant globe does contain a light on the inside that can be switched on for a pretty awesome effect.  Much like Rudolph’s nose, some could even say it glows!

Of course, we had to find a book to go along with our globe so we found this 1790 edition of The Knowledge of Heaven and Earth Made Easy by Isaac Watts.  This scientific book contains knowledge on the globe, the universe, and more.  It even includes some pretty cool diagrams in the last few pages.  

-Kelly 

Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748.  

The knowledge of the heavens and the earth made easy, or, The first principles of astronomy and geography explain’d by the use of globes and maps : with a solution of the common problems by a plain scale and compasses, as well as by the globe / written several years since for the use of learners by I. Watts.  London : Printed for T. Longman, J. Buckland, and W. Fenner …  [and 3 others], 1760.

Special Collections x-Collection (QB42 .W349 1760 )