Klein bottle, 1995

Made:
1995 in Greenfield
maker:
Alan Bennett
Klein bottle with three inlet tubes which when cut produce three pairs of single twist Mobius strips (left,

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Klein bottle with three inlet tubes which when cut produce three pairs of single twist Mobius strips (left,
Science Museum Group Collection
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Science Museum Group Collection
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Three Klein bottles in a column which when cut form a pair of single -twist Mobius strips.

A single surface glass vessel made by Alan Bennett in Bedford, United Kingdom. It consists of three Klein bottles in a column which when cut form a pair of single-twist Mobius strips. A Klein bottle is a surface which has no edges, no outside or inside and cannot be properly constructed in three dimensions.

Details

Category:
Mathematics
Object Number:
1996-540
Measurements:
overall: 130 mm x 90 mm x 45 mm, 0.104 kg
type:
single surface model and single surface model and
credit:
Bennett, Alan