Geometric Model by Russell Corsini, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Tetrahedron Bisected by a Hyperbolic Parabaloid
Geometric Model by Russell Corsini, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Tetrahedron Bisected by a Hyperbolic Parabaloid
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- Description
- This trown paper skeleton model of a regular tetrahedton has red threads joining two opposite sides and tan threads joining two other opposite sides The threads form a hyperbolic paraboloid. A mark in pen reads. Feb-24-1927. Another mark in pen reads: Russell Corsini.
- Compare MA.304723.642, MA.304723.643, and MA.304723.610.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- Other Terms
- Geometric Model; Hyperbolic Paraboloid
- date made
- 1927 02 24
- associated dates
- 1927 02 24 / 1927 02 24
- unspecified
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- maker
- Corsini, Ambert
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- associated place
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- string (overall material)
- brown (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- tan (overall color)
- cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 9.4 cm x 10.7 cm x 9.4 cm; 3 11/16 in x 4 7/32 in x 3 11/16 in
- ID Number
- MA.304723.643
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.643
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
- subject
- Mathematics
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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