Model of a Hinged Octahedron, by Richard P. Baker, Baker #158 (Bricard Octahedron)
Model of a Hinged Octahedron, by Richard P. Baker, Baker #158 (Bricard Octahedron)
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- Description
- Richard P. Baker made some models of surfaces that hadn’t been known for long. In 1897, the French engineer Raoul Bricard introduced new forms of octahedron. This is model illustrates what is now called a Bricard octahedron. The six triangular faces are hinged together along six edges. The figure consists of two pyramids constructed on the same quadrilateral base (in this case, the quadrilateral is a rectangle). The pyramids have their vertices on the same side of the quadrilateral. Only three faces of each pyramid are shown – the fourth faces intersect. A typed paper tag on the model reads: No.158 (/) Hinged Octahedron, I.
- References:
- Richard P. Baker, Mathematical Models, Iowa City, 1931, p. 22. The model is described in the section on links. There is a reference to Bricard’s 1897 paper.
- Peter Cromwell, Polyhedra, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, pp. 239-240, 429.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- geometric model
- date made
- ca 1906-1935
- maker
- Baker, Richard P.
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- beige (overall color)
- hinged and soldered. (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 11 cm x 18.8 cm x 8.6 cm; 4 11/32 in x 7 13/32 in x 3 3/8 in
- ID Number
- MA.211257.033
- accession number
- 211257
- catalog number
- 211257.033
- Credit Line
- Gift of Frances E. Baker
- subject
- Mathematics
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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