Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 203. Ser. 17 No. 1, Minimal Surface
Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 203. Ser. 17 No. 1, Minimal Surface
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- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- geometric model
- geometric model
- date made
- 1892
- maker
- L. Brill
- place made
- Germany: Hesse, Darmstadt
- 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
- ID Number
- 1985.0112.156
- catalog number
- 1985.0112.156
- 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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