Rectangle Transformable Into an Obtuse Triangle, Probably a Ross Surface Form
Rectangle Transformable Into an Obtuse Triangle, Probably a Ross Surface Form
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- Description
- This is apparently is one in a series of models of plane figures (surface forms) designed by William Wallace Ross, a school superintendent and mathematics teacher in Fremont, Ohio. The three doweled pieces of this unpainted wooden model can be arranged either as a rectangle or as an obtuse-angled triangle.
- Compare models 1985.0112.190 through 1985.0112.202. For further information about Ross models, including references, see 1985.0112.190.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- geometric model
- geometric model
- date made
- ca 1895
- maker
- Ross, W. W.
- place made
- United States: Ohio, Fremont
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 cm x 18.4 cm x 10 cm; 13/32 in x 7 1/4 in x 3 15/16 in
- ID Number
- 1985.0112.195
- accession number
- 1985.0112
- catalog number
- 1985.0112.195
- Credit Line
- Gift of Wesleyan University
- subject
- Mathematics
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Arithmetic Teaching
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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