Geometric Model, Surface of Revolution Produced by a 3D Printer
date: label: date made
content: 2015
name: label: maker
content: Roberts, Lila
notes: label: Description
content: This red plastic 3D printed model is a cylinder with a portion cut out of it. The inner surface is in the shape of the curve y = 1 + x<sup>2</sup>, rotated about the y-axis.
label: Description
content: The object was distributed at a workshop on 3D printing at the MathFest meeting in Washington, D.C., in August 2015. It was given out in connection with a paper by Lila Roberts of Clayton State University entitled "I Can Touch the Math!" Objects 2015.3169.03 and 2015.3169.04 were collected at the same session.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: Collected-for-the-Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.3169.06
label: nonaccession number
content: 2015.3169
label: catalog number
content: 2015.3169.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.2 cm x 2.4 cm x 5.8 cm; 7/8 in x 15/16 in x 2 9/32 in