An impressive late Victorian thirty inch terrestrial library globe W. and A.K. Johnson Limited, Edinburgh and London, circa 1890 The sphere applied with thirty-six pairs of gores engraved and colour tinted with extensive annotations for cities, countries, significant topographical features, oceans including shipping routes, islands, and other features, the North Pacific with applied label 30 INCH, TERRESTRIAL GLOBE, BY, W. & A.K. JOHNSTON. LIMITED, Geographers, Engravers & Printers, EDINBURGH & LONDON., and the South Pacific with an ANALEMMA, OR TABLE OF, EQUATION OF TIME, Shewing the, difference of time, Between the, Clock and Sun, as well as the, Sun's declination, for every day, in the Year, the equinoctial graduated in degrees and hours and the ecliptic also graduated in degrees in both directions, the North pole fitted with a three-spoke brass hour ring and sphere pivoted within a substantial brass Meridian Arc engraved in degrees, resting in wooden stand with coloured paper horizon ring graduated in degrees in two directions, days-of-the-month and houses of the Zodiac with names and symbols and also displaying compass directions, raised on four substantial baluster turned supports with conforming baluster stretcher to carry the meridian ring at the base, 116cm, (45.5ins) approx. high overall. The partnership between brothers William and Andrew Keith Johnston is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working circa 1830-55. Online sources note that both were apprenticed to the leading Scottish globe-maker, James Kirkwood, until his workshop was destroyed by fire in 1824 (although he is listed by Clifton as still working in 1828). The brothers subsequently went established their business by acquired the publishing house of William Lizars and began printing maps, atlases, globes and related geographical publications. W. and A.K. Johnston became highly respected for the quality of their globe cartography, in particular their 12 inch geo-physical globe, and amongst other accolades were awarded a Royal Appointment by Queen Victoria.