Book, The Problem of the Angle-Bisectors
Object Details
- Description
- This is the printed PhD. dissertation of Richard P. Baker, a student in mathematics at the University of Chicago. Baker (1866-1937), of English birth, was a notable maker of mathematical models as well as a faculty member at the University of Iowa. Several of his models survive in Smithsonian collections.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Gladys E. Baker and Dr. Frances E. Baker
- 1911
- ID Number
- 1985.3145.01
- nonaccession number
- 1985.3145
- catalog number
- 1985.3145.01
- Object Name
- Book
- Physical Description
- cloth (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: .8 cm x 22.4 cm x 28 cm; 5/16 in x 8 13/16 in x 11 1/32 in
- place made
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Education
- Record ID
- nmah_905205
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-4d20-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
