Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 54. Ser. 7 No. 24a, Third Order Surface (Hesse's Surface)
Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 54. Ser. 7 No. 24a, Third Order Surface (Hesse's Surface)
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- Description
- This white plaster model of a third order surface (Hesse's surface) has a square base on which three cake-slice shaped pieces are around a central four-sided pyramid. Three other pieces are mounted on metal rods between the cake-slice shaped pieces. These surround a smaller six-sided figure. A paper tag reads: 54. Another, incomplete, tag reads: Hesse'sche [...] [/] Verl. v. L. Brill [...].
- The model is one in a series designed by Carl Rodenberg of the technical high school in Darmstadt that was first published in 1880.
- This example of the model was exhibited at the Columbian Exposition, a world’s fair held in Chicago in 1893.
- References:
- L. Brill, Catalog mathematischer Modelle..., Darmstadt: L. Brill, 1892, p. p. 15, 64
- The website of the Mathematics Institute at Oxford University at address:www.maths.ox.ac.uk/about-us/departmental-art/cubic-surfaces/hessian-surfaces.
- Groeningen University website, accessed September 3, 2019.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- geometric model
- date made
- 1892
- maker
- L. Brill
- place made
- Germany: Hesse, Darmstadt
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- plaster (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 24 cm x 21.5 cm x 21 cm; 9 7/16 in x 8 15/32 in x 8 9/32 in
- ID Number
- 1985.0112.042
- catalog number
- 1985.0112.042
- accession number
- 1985.0112
- Credit Line
- Gift of Wesleyan University
- subject
- Mathematics
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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