Geometric Model, L. Brill No. 3. Ser. 10,2. 33, D41,9, Ellipsoid with Axes in the Ratio of 1:2:3
date: label: date made
content: 1885-1900
name: label: maker
content: Brill, L.
notes: label: Description
content: This white plaster model is of a flattened ellipsoid with axes in the ratio 1:2:3. No curves are indicated. A paper tag reads: Axenverhaltniss 1:2:3 [/] Ver. v. L. Brill 10. S. 2. Nachtr. Nr. XXXIII. Another paper tag reads: D41.9.
label: Description
content: This is one of a set of models designed under the direction of Alexander Brill at the technical high school in Munich and first published by Ludwig Brill in 1885. A stand with catalog number MA.304723.23.3 is also tagged D41.9. The stand is marked on the bottom: X2 XXXIII. For both of those reasons, it seems likely that it sold with this model.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: L. Brill, <I>Catalog</I>, 1892, p. 22, 57.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0571.01
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0571.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0571
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.5 cm x 18 cm x 12.5 cm; 2 5/32 in x 7 3/32 in x 4 29/32 in