Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 56. Ser. 7 No. 25, Third Order Surface (Hesse's Surface)
date: label: date made
content: 1892
name: label: maker
content: L. Brill
notes: label: Description
content: This white plaster model of a third order surface (Hesse's surface) has a nearly square base on which a four-sided curved surface sits in the center. Above this are three symmetrically arranged pieces held up by metal rods. Two pieces detached from the center are intended to go at the top. One of these is broken. An incomplete paper tag reads: [ . . .] 6.
label: Description
content: The model is one in a series designed by Carl Rodenberg of the technical high school in Darmstadt that was first published in 1880.
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content: This example of the model was exhibited at the Columbian Exposition, a world’s fair held in Chicago in 1893.
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content: References:
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content: L. Brill, <I>Catalog mathematischer Modelle. . .</I>, Darmstadt: L. Brill, 1892, p. p. 15, 64
label: Description
content: Groeningen University website, accessed September 3, 2019.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Hesse, Darmstadt
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Wesleyan University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0112.043
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0112.043
label: accession number
content: 1985.0112
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 cm x 21 cm x 21.5 cm; 7 3/32 in x 8 9/32 in x 8 15/32 in