Ross Solid, Frustrum of a Square Pyramid, Possibly Part of a Dissected Model of a Pyramid
date: label: date made
content: ca 1895
notes: label: Description
content: This is one of a series of models illustrating the volume of solids designed by William Wallace Ross, a school superintendent and mathematics teacher in Fremont, Ohio. The hollow metal model is of has four trapezoids as sides, with a square base and a square top. It has no labels.
label: Description
content: It may be intended as the frustum of the square pyramid represented by model with 1985.0112.213. If so, it would be part of Ross Solid #10.
label: Description
content: For Ross solids, see 1985.0112.205 through 2012.0112.217. For further information about Ross models, including references, see 1985.0112.190.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Fremont
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: 1985.0112.214
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0112.214
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: 15 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm; 5 29/32 in x 3 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in