Wire Geometric Model
Wire Geometric Model
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- Description
- This tan wire model consists of three wires and six small rectangles with Roman numerals on them. te wires meet at a rectangle in the bottom which is numbered: IV, The longest wire has two rectangles attached to it. One reads: I. The other reads: IV [superscript] 1. The second longest wire has rectangles attached to it that read II and III. The shortest wire has a rectangle that reads III.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- geometric model
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.5 cm x 5.8 cm x 15 cm; 31/32 in x 2 9/32 in x 5 29/32 in
- ID Number
- 1985.0112.189
- catalog number
- 1985.0112.189
- 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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