Parabolic Arch Puzzle
date: label: date made
content: ca 1980?
notes: label: Description
content: This wooden puzzle requires arranging fifteen blocks around a parabolic core with the top edge in the shape of a parabola, forming an arch. The core may be removed.
label: Description
content: Architects have used parabolic arches in structures, especially bridges, since at least the nineteenth century. The donor acquired the model for use in a mathematics course for non-mathematics majors.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Education
label: Subject
content: Women's History
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Women Teaching Math
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Judy Green
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0091.05
label: accession number
content: 2012.0091
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0091.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puzzle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 cm x 15.2 cm x 2.4 cm; 7 7/8 in x 5 31/32 in x 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall:;