Object Details
- Baker, Richard P.
- Description
- A twisted polygon is a closed broken line whose sides do not all lie in the same plane. This model shows four edges of such a polygon. For the three edges in the center of the model, a line segment perpendicular to two adjacent edges is indicated (these are binormals of the polygon at the point). The back of the model contains three quadrilaterals that contain two adjacent edges of the twisted polygon (that is to say, that represent part of three osculating planes of the polygon). It also contains two triangles representing planes normal to edges of the polygon at their midpoints (representing normal planes).
- According to Baker’s catalog description, the model represented “osculating, normal and rectifying planes, rectifying lines” for a twisted polygon. The model sold for $2.00.
- The model is presently in two pieces.
- References:
- R. P. Baker, Mathematical Models, Iowa City, Iowa, 1931, p. 11.
- Richard P. Baker Papers, University Archives, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Frances E. Baker
- ca 1906-1935
- ID Number
- MA.211257.022
- accession number
- 211257
- catalog number
- 211257.022
- Object Name
- geometric model
- Other Terms
- Osculating Planes and Cone with Center of Spherical Curvature.
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- white (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- bent and soldered (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 8.6 cm x 20.3 cm x 10.6 cm; 3 3/8 in x 8 in x 4 3/16 in
- place made
- Iraq
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_1080286
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-1e47-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
