Geometric Model by E.C. Lockwood, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Collapsible Ellipsoid
Object Details
- teacher
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- Lockwood, E. C.
- Description
- This collapsible paper geometric model has a ring at the center that hold six folded ellipses to form an ellipsoid. It is marked: E..C. Lockwood (/) Nov 26 . It also has his number: 580. Wheeler would take out a patent for models of this type.
- Compare MA.304723.343.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
- 1926
- ID Number
- MA.304723.342
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.342
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- tan (overall color)
- cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 6.5 cm x 9 cm x 6.5 cm; 2 9/16 in x 3 17/32 in x 2 9/16 in
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_1068964
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-1c5d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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