Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 205. Ser. 17 No. 2b, Spherical Projection of a Plane Curve of Third Order
date: label: date made
content: 1892
name: label: maker
content: L. Brill
notes: label: Description
content: This white plaster model shows the spherical projection of a plane curve of third order. It is a sphere with various colored and plain curves drawn on it. A mark on a paper tag on the model reads: Kugelprojection der ebenen Curven 3. Ord., (/) II. 3 Typen.(/) Verl. v. L. Brill. 17. Ser. Nr. 2b.; XVII. (/) 2b. The black wooden stand is round. The model was designed by Dollinger in Tűbingen under the direction of Alexander Brill.
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: Reference:
label: Description
content: L. Brill, <I>Catalog mathematischer Modelle. . .</I>, Darmstadt: L. Brill, 1892, p. 40, 75.
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: 1985.0112.157
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0112.157
label: accession number
content: 1985.0112
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm; 3 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in