Painting - <I>Law of Orbiting Velocities</I>
date: label: date made
content: 1967
name: label: referenced
content: Kepler, Johannes
label: painter
content: Johnson, Crockett
notes: label: Description
content: This creation, similar to works #22 (1979.1093.16) and #76 (1979.1093.50), is a further example of Crockett Johnson's work relating to Kepler's first two laws of planetary motion. The ellipse represents the path of a planet and the white sections represent equal areas swept out in equal times. This work is a silk screen on paper. It is number 99 in the series, and is signed in the right corner: Crockett Johnson (/) 67. It draws on a figure from <I>The World of Mathematics</I> by James R. Newman.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Crockett Johnson
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ruth Krauss in memory of Crockett Johnson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1093.66
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1093.66
label: accession number
content: 1979.1093
objectType: label: Object Name
content: painting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (substrate material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 53.3 cm x 63.5 cm x 3.5 cm; 21 in x 25 in x 1 3/8 in