Geometric Model Stand for an Ellipsoid by L. Brill or M. Schilling
date: label: date made
content: 1880-1914
name: label: possible maker
content: Brill, L.
label: possible maker
content: Schilling, Martin
notes: label: Description
content: This is one of a group of wooden stands, painted black, which are designed to hold models like those produced by Ludwig Brill and Martin Schilling. It is a small elliptical ring, with six small indentations in the bottom. The model has no tags or marks.
label: Description
content: The model might be a stand for one of Schilling’s models of an ellipsoid that has museum number 1990.0571.03. Schilling’s number for that model (but not the stand) is No. 178. Ser. 3, No. 2. Brill sold the same model as No. 95, Ser. 3, No. 2.
label: Description
content: References:
label: Description
content: L. Brill, <I>Catalog</I>, 1892, p. 7, 75-76, 91.
label: Description
content: M. Schilling, <I>Catalog</I>, 1911, p. 7, 137, 172.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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.304722.23.08
label: catalog number
content: 304722.23.08
label: accession number
content: 304722
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model Stand
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.8 cm x 10 cm x 8.3 cm; 23/32 in x 3 15/16 in x 3 9/32 in