Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In this picture, we can see two scholars seated beneath a grand structure called an armillary sphere. An armillary ...

Have we at last found the missing Meridian Hill Park armillary sphere? No, I'm afraid not. But after my recent column on the handsome bronze armillary sphere that once graced the park on 16th Street ...

A photo of a ring has recently gone viral on social media and the internet is all hearts. The 16th century ring appears to be like an astronomical web with various other rings fitted into it. This is ...

Astronomers in the 16th through 19th centuries used to wear rings that unfolded to become instruments used for calculations. The rings, which looked like normal finger rings, were actually armillary ...

I’m a historical landscape architect and have been very curious about the fate of the Noyes armillary sphere in Meridian Hill Park. The sculpture, by C. Paul Jennewein, was a significant piece of ...

'Whole Universe In Your Hands...' This 16th Century Antique Ring Takes Internet By Surprise. Here Is Why (Image: British Museum) Antique Rings: What would it feel like to wear the universe on your ...

Last month in this column I talked about the history of “Jingle Bells” and its connection to the Unitarian Universalist Church in Troup Square, but Troup Square is significant for more than just its ...