Model Relating to Desargues' Theorem in Projective Geometry, by Richard P. Baker, Baker #247
date: label: date made
content: ca 1906-1935
name: label: maker
content: Baker, Richard P.
notes: label: Description
content: This model was constructed by Richard P. Baker. A mathematics professor at the University of Iowa, Baker believed that models were essential instruction in many parts of mathematics and physics. Over one hundred of his models are in the NMAH collections.
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content: The painted wire structure is a model for Desargues' Theorem. The theorem is named for the French mathematician Girard Desargues (1591-1661), an early contributor to what would come to be called projective geometry.
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content: A paper tag reads: No.247 (/) Section of 6-pt. in R3 by (/) R2. This model is not listed in Baker's 1905 catalog, but is included in the 1931 catalog. The model sold for $12.50.
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content: References:
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content: R. P. Baker, <I>Mathematical Models</I>, Iowa City, Iowa, 1931, p. 13.
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content: Richard P. Baker Papers, University Archives, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 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 Frances E. Baker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.211257.043
label: accession number
content: 211257
label: catalog number
content: 211257.043
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
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content: red (overall color)
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content: green (overall color)
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content: yellow (overall color)
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content: blue (overall color)
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content: soldered (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 10.4 cm x 23.6 cm x 10 cm; 4 3/32 in x 9 9/32 in x 3 15/16 in