Klein bottle, 1995-1996.

Klein bottle, 1995-1996.

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Triple Klein bottle, as item 4), two slices, each 1/6, cut away to form single-twist strips.

A single surface model made in glass by Alan Bennett in Bedford, 1995. It consists of a Klein bottle with three loops, one of which has been cut away and sectioned to 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:
1996-562
Materials:
glass
Measurements:
Main Part: 60 x 65 x 63 mm
Part 1: 35 x 60 x 15 mm
Part 2: 35 x 60 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:
1996-562/1
type:
single surface model
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Klein bottle, 1995-1996.

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.

Measurements:
overall: 15 mm x 35 mm x 60 mm, 0.008 kg
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1996-562/2
type:
single surface model
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Klein bottle, 1995-1996.

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.

Measurements:
overall: 15 mm x 30 mm x 55 mm, 0.006 kg
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1996-562/3
type:
single surface model
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum