Object Details
- Baker, Richard P.
- Description
- This painted plaster model showing contour lines fits in an open wooden box.
- In a catalog from about 1905, Baker described the surface shown as “a quasi geographical [sic] area containing 3 peaks, 1 hollow, and 2 passes. Contours, slope lines, ridge, and course lines are marked. An inloop and outloop curve occur.”
- References:
- R. P. Baker, A List of Mathematical Models, [1905], p. 16. A copy of this document is in the Baker Papers at the University of Iowa Archives.
- R. P. Baker, Mathematical Models, Iowa City, Iowa, 1931, p. 5.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Frances E. Baker
- ca 1900-1935
- ID Number
- MA.211257.014
- accession number
- 211257
- catalog number
- 211257.014
- Object Name
- geometric model
- Physical Description
- plaster (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- white (overall color)
- green (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- plaster cast. sides screwed. (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 4.5 cm x 20.6 cm x 20.4 cm; 1 25/32 in x 8 1/8 in x 8 1/32 in
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_1079869
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-36ba-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
