Model for Projective Geometry by Richard P. Baker, Baker #103
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900-1935
label: date made
content: ca 1906-1935
name: label: maker
content: Baker, Richard P.
notes: label: Description
content: This painted wire structure is a model for projective geometry. It shows four points projected to four points in different planes. A typed paper tag attached to one edge reads: No. 103 (/) 4 pts. to 4 pts. in diff. (/) planes. This is one of a series of models for projective geometry listed in Baker’s 1931 catalog. It sold for $5.00.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: R. P. Baker, <I>Mathematical Models</I>, Iowa City, Iowa, 1931, p. 13.
label: Description
content: Richard P. Baker Papers, University Archives, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
label: See more items in
content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Frances E. Baker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.211257.016
label: accession number
content: 211257
label: catalog number
content: 211257.016
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: orange (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: purple (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: soldered (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 11.2 cm x 17.7 cm x 18.3 cm; 4 13/32 in x 6 31/32 in x 7 7/32 in