Geometric Model by P. Malmberg, as Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Hyperbolic Paraboloid
date: label: date made
content: 1927 02 25
name: label: maker's teacher
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
label: maker
content: Malmberg, Philip
notes: label: Description
content: The frame for this collapsible model is a paper square folded diagonally. Threads joining opposite sides form a ruled surface (a hyperbolic paraboloid). The ourside is covered with black cloth.
label: Description
content: A mark on the model reads: No. 318. Another mark reads: P. Malmberg (/) Feb. 25, 1927.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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 Helen M. Wheeler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.304723.765
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.765
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: string (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut, glued and sewn (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 10.2 cm x 20.5 cm x 10.8 cm; 4 1/32 in x 8 1/16 in x 4 1/4 in