Object Details
- Richard P. Baker
- Description
- This ruled surface has a wooden frame painted black. It has a curved top and bottom and three shaped sides (only one of these is strictly vertical). The surface is ruled in yellow threads. Two tangent lines, one in pink and one in blue, stretch from top to bottom, both lying entirely on the surface.
- The model has no maker's marks, but the style is that of Richard P. Baker of the University of Iowa.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Brown University Department of Mathematics
- ca 1906-1935
- ID Number
- MA.304722.31
- catalog number
- 304722.31
- accession number
- 304722
- Object Name
- geometric model
- geometric model
- geometric model
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- thread (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 42.5 cm x 43 cm x 41.5 cm; 16 23/32 in x 16 15/16 in x 16 11/32 in
- place made
- United States: Iowa
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_1213866
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-103c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
