Geometric Model by Richard P. Baker, Ruled Surface, Scroll of Higher Order
name: label: maker
content: Baker, Richard P.
notes: label: Description
content: This model has a wooden cubical frame with strings connecting supports. A blue yarn runs through string. It represents a twisted cubic, a curve which cannot be contained in a plane. The tangent lines to the twisted cubic are represented by yellow thread. Euler proved that the surface generated by these tangents can be flattened into a plane. A mark on the object reads: Scroll of higher order.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Iowa, Iowa City
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 Frances E. Baker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.211257.122
label: accession number
content: 211257
label: catalog number
content: 211257.122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: thread (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: screwed and threaded. (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 37.9 cm x 34.9 cm x 35.1 cm; 14 29/32 in x 13 3/4 in x 13 13/16 in