Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 183. Ser. 15 No. 1, Net of a Pentatope (Five-Cell)
date: label: date made
content: 1892
name: label: maker
content: L. Brill
notes: label: Description
content: This black wire model of the net of a pentatope has gold strings. It is a regular tetrahedron, with two intersecting strings that join adjacent vertices. The strings divide the tetrahedron into four smaller tetrahedra.
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content: References:
label: Description
content: L. Brill, <I>Catalog</I>, 1892, p. 31, 87-88.
label: Description
content: H.M. Cundy & A.P. Rowlett, <I>Mathematical Models</I>, pp. 159-160.
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: 1985.0112.143
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0112.143
label: accession number
content: 1985.0112
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: string (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.5 cm x 6.5 cm x 5.5 cm; 2 5/32 in x 2 9/16 in x 2 5/32 in