Cone Dissected into Two Pieces, Ross Solid #12
Cone Dissected into Two Pieces, Ross Solid #12
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- Description
- This is the twelfth in a series of models illustrating the volume of solids designed by William Wallace Ross, a school superintendent and mathematics teacher in Fremont, Ohio.
- The unpainted wooden model of a cone is divided into two pieces by a plane parallel to the base. A label on the side of the frustum reads: CONE. Ross compared the volume of a cone to the volume of a pyramid with a regular polygon for its base.
- For Ross solids, see 1985.0112.205 through 2012.0112.217. For further information about Ross models, including references, see 1985.0112.191.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- geometric model
- date made
- ca 1895
- maker
- Ross, W. W.
- place made
- United States: Ohio, Fremont
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 15 cm x 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm; 5 29/32 in x 2 15/16 in x 2 15/16 in
- ID Number
- 1985.0112.216
- catalog number
- 1985.0112.216
- accession number
- 1985.0112
- 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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