Object Details
Maker
A. Harry Wheeler
Description
This cut and glued transparent plastic model shows two perpendicular spherical discs which might be considered to be representations of the equator and a meridian disc of a sphere. Another half-disc also is perpendicular to the equator and rotates on the line joining the poles. Two symmetric congruent spherical triangles are on the same side of the model as the half-disc and pass through what might be considered the North Pole. A sticker on the model reads: C, S, SA. A mark next to the reads: PT.
For the pattern for this model, see 1979.3002.084. It is dated 1943.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Louise D. Campbell
date made
1943
ID Number
1979.0102.217
accession number
1979.0102
catalog number
1979.0102.217
Object Name
Geometric Model
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 7.7 cm x 7.7 cm x 7.7 cm; 3 1/32 in x 3 1/32 in x 3 1/32 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Trigonometry
Science & Mathematics
Spherical Trigonometry
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_905117