Geometric Model, M. Schilling No. 152. Ser. 28 No. 1, Cubic Ellipse
date: label: date made
content: ca 1905
notes: label: Description
content: This is one of six models designed by Walter Ludwig of Breslau on the suggestion of Felix Klein and with the participation of Frederick Schilling. It sold from 1902. Four models in the series show space curves of third order drawn on cylinders of various forms. All are plastic (celluloid) with metal frames. In this, the first of the four, the cross section of the cylinder is an ellipse and the curve is a cubic ellipse.
label: Description
content: A paper tag on the base reads: Cubische Ellipse. (/) 28 Serie, Nr.1. (/) v. Martin Schilling, Halle a.S.
label: Description
content: Compare the curve on this model to MA.304722.22.
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content: References:
label: Description
content: Martin Schilling, <I>Catalog</I>, 1911, pp. 72-74, 132.
label: Description
content: The website showing the model collection of the University of Groningen, accessed November 6, 2017.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Saxony-Anhalt, Halle
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 the Department of Mathematics, The University of Michigan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0795.32
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0795.32
label: accession number
content: 1982.0795
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 39.3 cm x 14.4 cm x 12.7 cm; 15 15/32 in x 5 21/32 in x 5 in