Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 4, Ser. 10. 1, Disjoinable Ellipsoid
date: label: date made
content: 1892
name: label: maker
content: L. Brill
notes: label: Description
content: This white plaster ellipsoid is divided in two along a circle that makes an angle of about 45 degrees with the major axis of the ellipse. Two metal rods protruding from the right portion fit into metal-lined holes in the left portion. The hollow elliptical wooden stand is painted black.
label: Description
content: Compare 1990.0571.02.
label: Description
content: This series of models was designed at the technical high school in Munich under the direction of Alexander Brill, and originally published in 1885.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: L. Brill, <I>Catalog</I>, 1892, p. 21, 57, 91.
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: 1985.0112.001
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0112.001
label: accession number
content: 1985.0112
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 9.5 cm x 14 cm; 2 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in