Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 232, Ser. 21, No. 2, Ruled Surface, Space Curve of Fourth Order
date: label: date made
content: 1892
name: label: maker
content: L. Brill
notes: label: Description
content: The black metal frame of this string model has two opposite sides that are circles, two opposite sides that are H-shaped, and quadrilaterals on the top and the bottom. Most of the strings were missing from the object when it was received. The model has no maker’s tags.
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content: This is one of a series of models of ruled surfaces representing space curves of fourth order designed by Karl Rohn, professor of mathematics at the technical high school in Dresden. The series was first published by Brill in 1892.
label: Description
content: This example of the model was exhibited at the Columbian Exposition, a World’s Fair held in Chicago in 1893.
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content: Compare models 1985.0112.181, 1985.0112.182, 1985.0112.183, and 1985.0112.184, and 1985.0112.186.
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content: References:
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content: L. Brill, Catalog mathematischer Modelle. . ., Darmstadt: L. Brill, 1892, pp. 40-42, 75.
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content: An example of the model by Brill’s successor, Martin Schilling, is in the collections of the University of Utrecht, which gives it the designation of Series 21, #2. See: https://www.uu.nl/en/research/3d-geometric-models/schilling-2102.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Hesse, Darmstadt
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content: Medicine and 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: 1985.0112.182
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0112.182
label: accession number
content: 1985.0112
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: string (overall material)
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content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 cm x 20.6 cm x 20.6 cm; 8 21/32 in x 8 1/8 in x 8 1/8 in