Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
This cut and folded tan paper model shows two parts of an hyperboloid facing one another in a paper frame. Each hyperboloid is formed from four folded pieces of paper that fit into a ring in the frame. Wheeler described the model as a "collapsible hyperboloid of two nappes." A paper tag on the model reads: 570. Another mark reads: Jan 7, 1916.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Louise D. Campbell
date made
1916 01 07
1916
ID Number
1979.0102.356
catalog number
1979.0102.356
accession number
1979.0102
Object Name
Geometric Model
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
tan (overall color)
cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 6 cm x 7.5 cm x 4.5 cm; 2 3/8 in x 2 15/16 in x 1 25/32 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1139618