Geometric Model Stands, L. Brill No. 7 and No. 19
date: label: date made
content: 1892
name: label: maker
content: L. Brill
notes: label: Description
content: This group consists of six wooden stands painted black. Two-pronged metal forks fitted into five of the six stands. Four of the stands have one fork, one has a double forks, and the remaining stand once held one fork. Various number tags were received with the stands. The single-forked stand is L. Brill No. 7 and is described on page 57 of Brill’s 1892 catalog. Both the single and double-forked stands are illustrated below that description. The double forked stand is L. Brill No. 19 and is described on the following page in the catalog.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.304722.24, 1985.0112.005, and 1982.0795.10.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: L. Brill, <I>Catalog</I>, 1892, p. 2, 57, 58.
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: 1985.0112.005
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0112.005
label: accession number
content: 1985.0112
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model Stands
label: Object Name
content: geometric model stands
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.5 cm x 15 cm x 23.5 cm; 2 15/16 in x 5 29/32 in x 9 1/4 in