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In a webpage on Mercator's projection, Robert IsraelRobert Israel offers the following suggestion:

If you want a physical model of Mercator's projection, let the globe be a spherical balloon that is blown up inside the cylinder, and sticks to the cylinder when it comes into contact with it.

In a webpage on Mercator's projection, Robert Israel offers the following suggestion:

If you want a physical model of Mercator's projection, let the globe be a spherical balloon that is blown up inside the cylinder, and sticks to the cylinder when it comes into contact with it.

In a webpage on Mercator's projection, Robert Israel offers the following suggestion:

If you want a physical model of Mercator's projection, let the globe be a spherical balloon that is blown up inside the cylinder, and sticks to the cylinder when it comes into contact with it.

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In a webpage on Mercator's projection, Robert IsraelRobert Israel offers the following suggestion:

If you want a physical model of Mercator's projection, let the globe be a spherical balloon that is blown up inside the cylinder, and sticks to the cylinder when it comes into contact with it.

In a webpage on Mercator's projection, Robert Israel offers the following suggestion:

If you want a physical model of Mercator's projection, let the globe be a spherical balloon that is blown up inside the cylinder, and sticks to the cylinder when it comes into contact with it.

In a webpage on Mercator's projection, Robert Israel offers the following suggestion:

If you want a physical model of Mercator's projection, let the globe be a spherical balloon that is blown up inside the cylinder, and sticks to the cylinder when it comes into contact with it.

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In a webpage on Mercator's projection, Robert Israel offers the following suggestion:

If you want a physical model of Mercator's projection, let the globe be a spherical balloon that is blown up inside the cylinder, and sticks to the cylinder when it comes into contact with it.