Klein bottle, 1995-1996.

Klein bottle, 1995-1996. Klein bottle, 1995-1996.

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Triple Klein bottle, as item 3), two slices, each 1/6, cut away to form single-twist strips.

A single surface model made in glass by Alan Bennett in Bedford, United Kingdom. It consists of a Klein bottle with three inlet tubes, one of which has been cut out and sectioned to produce 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:
1996-561
Materials:
glass
Measurements:
Main Part: 75 x 70 x 60 mm
Part 1: 75 x 30 x 15 mm
Part 2: 75 x 30 x 15 mm
type:
single surface model
credit:
Bennett, Alan

Parts

Klein bottle, 1995-1996.

Klein bottle, 1995-1996.

Main part , one of three, of Triple Klein bottle, two slices, each 1/6, cut away to form single-twist strips.

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1996-561/1
type:
single surface model
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Klein bottle, 1995-1996.

Minor part, one of three, of Triple Klein bottle, two slices, each 1/6, cut away to form single-twist strips.

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1996-561/2
type:
single surface model
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Klein bottle, 1995-1996.

Minor part, one of three, of Triple Klein bottle, two slices, each 1/6, cut away to form single-twist strips.

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1996-561/3
type:
single surface model
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum