Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 15. Ser. 6 No. 5, Circular Cone (Disjoinable)
date: label: date made
content: 1892
name: label: maker
content: L. Brill
notes: label: Description
content: Cutting a cone by a plane yields several different curves of second degree, which are known as conic sections. This white plaster model of a circular cone has three parts. One is fixed to the base. A second and the largest is cut by a plane on one side to give a hyperbola and on the other side to give an ellipse. The third piece, on the other side of the piece attached to the base, reveals a parabola when cut away. A fourth piece, which attaches to the ellipse, is missing. This example has no labels.
label: Description
content: Compare 1985.0112.012, 1985.0112.013, and 1979.3002.21.
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: 1985.0112.012
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0112.012
label: accession number
content: 1985.0112
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 cm x 21 cm x 21.5 cm; 8 21/32 in x 8 9/32 in x 8 15/32 in