746 THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION. 



The edifice iu which the globe is shown has a metallic frame-work 

 forming a cupola. It is lighted from above, and by the great glass 

 frames of the sides. From a terrace or a narrow foot-bridge at the 



Fig. 1. 



upper part the visitor can see the polar and temperate regions of the 

 northern hemisphere. As he descends, he is able to see in succession 

 all the regions of the globe to the south pole. At the bottom he comes 

 to the support of the globe with the apparatus for putting it in motion 

 (Fig. 2). 



Even the loftiest mountains, if shown in relief, could only have been 

 represented by elevations a few millimeters in height. Consequently 

 the various monntaiu ranges have been painted on the surface. The 

 various depths of the ocean are indicated in a similar manner. 



To facilitate the study of the globe, it has been mounted with its axis 

 vertical, and it may be turned upon the pivot which carries it. If its 

 rotation were made to equal that of the earth, at its equator, a point of 



