Hyperboloid and Asymptotic Cone, surface string model
- maker:
- Fabre de Lagrange
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String surface model, hyperboloid of one sheet, with its asymptotic cone; the tangent plane to the cone is also drawn
Hyperboloid of one sheet with its asymptotic cone; the tangent plane to the cone is also drawn.This is one of a large set of ruled surface models made by Fabre de Lagrange of Paris in 1872, 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:
- 1872-104
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), lead (metal), wood (unidentified) and cotton (fibre)
- Measurements:
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overall: 628 mm x 580 mm x 285 mm, 6.396 kg
- type:
- string surface model and mathematical model
- credit:
- Fabre de Lagrange
