Knitted light blue wool in a Klein bottle shape

Made:
1890-1910 in Edinburgh
maker:
Alexander Crum Brown
Knitted light blue wool in a Klein bottle shape Knitted Klein bottle in light blue wool by Alexander Crum Brown Knitted Klein bottle in light blue wool by Alexander Crum Brown

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Knitted light blue wool in a Klein bottle shape
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Knitted Klein bottle in light blue wool by Alexander Crum Brown
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Knitted Klein bottle in light blue wool by Alexander Crum Brown
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Knitted light blue wool in a Klein bottle shape, by Alexander Crum Brown, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1890-1910

Crum-Brown knitted a variety of topological surfaces in his later years, including this Klein ‘bottle’, introduced by Felix Klein in 1882. It has no edge, no inside or outside, and cannot be constructed properly in only three dimensions.

Details

Category:
Mathematics
Object Number:
2006-53
Materials:
wool and complete
Measurements:
overall: 45 mm x 129 mm x 100 mm, .018kg
type:
model - representation
credit:
School of Mathematics, The University of Edinburgh