| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 6402 |  | Details | Broms, Allan | 1934 |
| Broms Star Guide Planisphere |
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Broms, Allan |
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| 1934 |
| LOC:300 |
| $995.00 | Broms--Allan | Broms-Star-Guide-Planisphere | Broms Star Guide (1934), a very rare planisphere created during the depth of the Great Depression. This planisphere is the only example of Broms Star Guide known to exist (per Internet search). It contains much peripheral information about astronomy that are not found on other planispheres, e.g. moon phases, meteor calendar, the Greek alphabet, and a moon map.
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Model AN, for the Northern Hemisphere. Published by the Graphex Company, New York.
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This planisphere was created by Allan (Allen) Strong-Broms (1886-1965), draft resister, Leavenworth prisoner, author, inventor, lecturer, businessman and "not a professional astronomer". As a result of his pacifism and resistance Broms told his son that he “had seen the inside of twenty-two jails.” [2]
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No copies located online and no holdings recorded in WorldCat. The only mention of Broms Star Guide is the LOC copyright catalog. Allan Broms was granted a patent for the Star Guide on November 20, 1934.
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