Ruled Surface by Richard P. Baker, Surface with Two Tangent Lines
date: label: date made
content: ca 1906-1935
name: label: maker
content: Richard P. Baker
notes: label: Description
content: This ruled surface has a wooden frame painted black. It has a curved top and bottom and three shaped sides (only one of these is strictly vertical). The surface is ruled in yellow threads. Two tangent lines, one in pink and one in blue, stretch from top to bottom, both lying entirely on the surface.
label: Description
content: The model has no maker's marks, but the style is that of Richard P. Baker of the University of Iowa.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Iowa
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.304722.31
label: catalog number
content: 304722.31
label: accession number
content: 304722
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
label: Object Name
content: geometric model
label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 42.5 cm x 43 cm x 41.5 cm; 16 23/32 in x 16 15/16 in x 16 11/32 in