Geometric Model by Richard P. Baker, Ruled Surface with Two Tangent Lines
date: label: date made
content: ca 1906-1935
name: label: maker
content: Baker, Richard P.
notes: label: Description
content: This ruled surface has a wooden frame painted black. It has a curved top and bottom, both with loops. One side of the frame is vertical, the other two curved. The surface is ruled in yellow threads. Two tangent lines, one in pink and one in blue, stretch from the top loop to the bottom loop. Both lines lie entirely on the surface.
label: Description
content: The model has no maker's marks, but the style is that of Richard P. Baker of the University of Iowa.
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: Gift of Brown University Department of Mathematics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.304722.32
label: catalog number
content: 304722.32
label: accession number
content: 304722
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: yarn, thread (strings material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 41.5 cm x 40 cm x 40 cm; 16 11/32 in x 15 3/4 in x 15 3/4 in