Geometric Model Stand by L. Brill, D41,11
date: label: date made
content: 1880-1900
name: label: maker
content: Brill, L.
notes: label: Description
content: This is one of a group of hollow wooden stands, painted black, which are designed to hold models like those produced by Ludwig Brill and Martin Schilling. It is elliptical and closely resembles (but for the tag) MA.304722.23.02. A paper tag on the stand reads: D41,11. A mark on the back reads: VI, 2.
label: Description
content: Brill’s model VI.2 was a model of an ellipsoid relating to wave surfaces for an optically biaxial crystal. It had his number 161. There is no example of this in the collections. However, the stand also fits a disjoinable ellipsoid with Brill’s number 4 (Ser. 10, 1.3). An example of this model in the collections, 1990.0571.02, also has a paper tag that reads: D41,11.
label: Description
content: References:
label: Description
content: L. Brill, </>Catalog</I>, 1892, p. 13, 21, 57, 87, 91.
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.304722.23.05
label: catalog number
content: 304722.23.05
label: accession number
content: 304722
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model Stand
label: Other Terms
content: Geometric Model Stand; Stand
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.5 cm x 12.6 cm x 10 cm; 19/32 in x 4 31/32 in x 3 15/16 in