Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 203. Ser. 17 No. 1, Minimal Surface

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Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 203. Ser. 17 No. 1, Minimal Surface
Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 203. Ser. 17 No. 1, Minimal Surface
Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 203. Ser. 17 No. 1, Minimal Surface
Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 203. Ser. 17 No. 1, Minimal Surface
Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 203. Ser. 17 No. 1, Minimal Surface
Description:

This white plaster model of a minimal surface is supported by three metal rods above a black wooden stand. A grid of parabolas, as well as a single red line, are indicated. There are no labels.

The model was designed by Hjalmar Tallqvist (1870-1958), a student at the University of Helsinki, under the direction of E. R. Neovius.

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. 39, 84-85.

Fischer, Gerd, ed., Mathematical Models, vol. 1, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden: Vieweg, 1986, p. 89.

Fischer, Gerd, ed., Mathematical Models, vol. 2, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden: Vieweg, 1986, pp. 39-40.

Date Made: 1892

Maker: L. Brill

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Germany: Hesse, Darmstadt

Subject: Mathematics

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics, Science & Mathematics

Exhibition:

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Credit Line: Gift of Wesleyan University

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1985.0112.156Catalog Number: 1985.0112.156Accession Number: 1985.0112

Object Name: geometric modelgeometric model

Physical Description: plaster (overall material)metal (overall material)wood (overall material)Measurements: overall: 33.5 cm x 40 cm x 29.5 cm; 13 3/16 in x 15 3/4 in x 11 5/8 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-0a64-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_694034

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