Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 66. Ser. 10,2 No. 28, Cyclide
date: label: date made
content: 1892
name: label: maker
content: L. Brill
notes: label: Description
content: This is one of four models of cyclides designed by Sebastian Finsterwalder (1862-1951), a German applied mathematician who would be on the faculty at the Munich technical university (initially the Munich technical high school) for many years. It was sold by the German firm of Ludwig Brill from 1885. The model was exhibited at the Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893 and then acquired by Wesleyan University.
label: Description
content: The heart-shaped plaster model has various circular arcs on it indicating lines of curvature. A paper tag on the model reads: 66. Another paper tag reads: Cyclide mit 1 Syst. sphär. Krümmgslin. (/) Verl. v. L. Brill. 10. Ser. 2. Nchtr. Nr. XXVIII.
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content: References:
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content: L. Brill, <I>Catalog mathematischer Modelle. . .</I>, Darmstadt: L. Brill,1892, p. 21, 66.
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content: G. Fischer, <I>Mathematical Models: Commentary</I>, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, 1986, pp. 28-30.
label: Description
content: Ulf Hashagen, “ Die Mathematik und ihre Assistenten an der TH Munchen (1868-1918), <I>Mathematics and Theoretical Physics</I>, <I>Symposia Gaussiana</I>, ed. M. Behara, R. Fritsch, and R.G. Lintz, 1995, pp. 140-144.
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: 1985.0112.050
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0112.050
label: accession number
content: 1985.0112
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm x 10 cm; 2 15/16 in x 2 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in