Geometric Model Stand by L. Brill for Model of an Optical Surface, D41,6
Geometric Model Stand by L. Brill for Model of an Optical Surface, D41,6
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- Description
- This is one of a group of hollow wooden stands, painted black, which are designed to hold models like those produced by Ludwig Brill and Martin Schilling. It is a circular ring.
- A paper tag on the stand reads: D41,6. A pencil mark on the bottom reads: X.1 (/) 7. Ludwig Brill’s model No. 159, Ser. 10.1 No. 7 is a plaster model for a wave surfaces for refraction in a uniaxial crystal. An example of this model is 1982.0795.21. A tag on that model reads: D41,6. It was made by L. Brill. This same model had number 357, Ser. 10, No. 7 in Schilling’s catalog.
- Compare stand MA.394722.23.09, which has the same shape but no tags and a different mark.
- References:
- L. Brill, Catalog, 1892, p. 21, 87, 91.
- M. Schilling, Catalog, 1911, p. 21, 168, 172.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model Stand
- date made
- 1885-1900
- Maker
- Brill, L.
- maker
- Brill, L.
- place made
- Germany
- Germany: Hesse, Darmstadt
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1.5 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm; 19/32 in x 3 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in
- ID Number
- MA.304722.23.01
- catalog number
- 304722.23.01
- accession number
- 304722
- Credit Line
- Gift of Brown University Department of Mathematics
- subject
- Mathematics
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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