Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 145. Ser. 8 No. 25b, Metal Strip
Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 145. Ser. 8 No. 25b, Metal Strip
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- Description
- This curved black metal strip fits around model 144 (1985.0112.103), a model of a catenoid. A paper tag on it reads: [...] noid und Schaubenfl[...] v. L. Brill. S [...] Nr. XXVb.
- It is one of a series of models designed at the technical high school im Munich under the direction of Alerxander Brill. The series was first published in 1882.
- 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.17, 83-84.
- Accession file.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- geometric model
- geometric model
- date made
- 1892
- maker
- L. Brill
- place made
- Germany: Hesse, Darmstadt
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 cm x 18 cm x 9 cm; 5 1/2 in x 7 3/32 in x 3 17/32 in
- ID Number
- 1985.0112.104
- catalog number
- 1985.0112.104
- 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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