Model of the Intersection of Cylinders by Richard P. Baker, Baker #386 (a Ruled Surface)
date: label: date made
content: ca 1906-1935
name: label: maker
content: Baker, Richard P.
notes: label: Description
content: This ruled surface has a wooden frame painted black; six quadrants of cylinders, each of which is formed by threads joining arcs in the frame on two opposite sides; and six wires indicating curves of intersection of two cylindrical quadrants. Three of the wires intersect near one corner, and the other three near the opposite corner. Threads are in blue, yellow, and red.
label: Description
content: A paper tag on the bottom of the model reads: Intersection of cylinders (/) xy = 4, yz=6, zx=8.
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.211257.065
label: accession number
content: 211257
label: catalog number
content: 211257.065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: thread (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: screwed, bolted and threaded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 27.5 cm x 26.4 cm x 26.1 cm; 10 13/16 in x 10 13/32 in x 10 9/32 in