Conoid in contact with a hyperbolic paraboloid, surface string model
- maker:
- Fabre de Lagrange
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String surface model, conoid in contact with a hyperbolic paraboloid
This is one of a large set of ruled surface models made by Fabre de Lagrange, in Paris, France, following designs introduced in the early 19th century. They illustrate surfaces which can be traced out in space by the movement of a straight line.
Details
- Category:
- Mathematics
- Object Number:
- 1872-112
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), lead (metal), wood (unidentified) and cotton (fibre)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 280 mm x 347 mm x 347 mm, 1.938 kg
- type:
- string surface model and mathematical model
- credit:
- Fabre de Lagrange
