Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 145. Ser. 8 No. 25b, Metal Strip
date: label: date made
content: 1892
name: label: maker
content: L. Brill
notes: label: Description
content: This curved black metal strip fits around model 144 (1985.0112.103), a model of a catenoid. A paper tag on it reads: [. . .] noid und Schaubenfl[. . .] v. L. Brill. S [. . .] Nr. XXVb.
label: Description
content: It is one of a series of models designed at the technical high school im Munich under the direction of Alerxander Brill. The series was first published in 1882.
label: Description
content: This example of the model was exhibited at the Columbian Exposition, a world’s fair held in Chicago in 1893.
label: Description
content: For further images, see 1985.0112.103.
label: Description
content: References:
label: Description
content: L. Brill, <I>Catalog mathematischer Modelle. . .</I>, Darmstadt: L. Brill,1892, p.17, 83-84.
label: Description
content: Accession file.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Hesse, Darmstadt
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
label: See more items in
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: 1985.0112.104
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0112.104
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: Measurements
content: overall: 14 cm x 18 cm x 9 cm; 5 1/2 in x 7 3/32 in x 3 17/32 in