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Book, The Problem of the Angle-Bisectors

American History Museum

Object Details

Description

This is the printed PhD. dissertation of Richard P. Baker, a student in mathematics at the University of Chicago. Baker (1866-1937), of English birth, was a notable maker of mathematical models as well as a faculty member at the University of Iowa. Several of his models survive in Smithsonian collections.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Gladys E. Baker and Dr. Frances E. Baker

date made

1911

ID Number

1985.3145.01

nonaccession number

1985.3145

catalog number

1985.3145.01

Object Name

Book

Physical Description

cloth (overall material)
paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: .8 cm x 22.4 cm x 28 cm; 5/16 in x 8 13/16 in x 11 1/32 in

place made

United States: Illinois, Chicago

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics
Education

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-4d20-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_905205

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Mathematical model of a twisted cubic. Yellow threads are pulled, then twisted to make two cones. Red threads are arranged in a cylinder.

Geometric Models - Models by Richard P. Baker

Mathematical model of a twisted cubic. Yellow threads are pulled, then twisted to make two cones. Red threads are arranged in a cylinder.

Geometric Models - Models by Richard P. Baker

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