Hyperboloid surface string model
- maker:
- Fabre de Lagrange
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LicenseHyperboloid of one sheet, with its asymptotic cone
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Hyperboloid of one sheet, with its asymptotic cone
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Hyperboloid of one sheet, with its asymptotic cone
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:
- 1872-103
- Materials:
- complete, brass (copper, zinc alloy), lead (metal), wood (unidentified) and string
- type:
- surface model (string)
- credit:
- Fabre de Lagrange
