An intriguing theory
2005
Suppose the globes came to Lausanne thanks to one of the great scientific figures of the 18th century ? Unfortunately, this theory cannot be proved […]
Category Archives: The question of origin
Inconclusive evidence
2005
Labels pasted on the underside of the two stands suggest the globes might have a connection to the History of Science Museum in Geneva. Yet there is no trace of the globes in its inventories […]
How did they come to Lausanne ?
1976
Bernard Hauck, a professor of astronomy at UNIL, remembers having moved the globes to Dorigny from the old premises of the Observatory on Chemin des Grandes-Roches […]