Model showing the Torsion of a Prism having Ridges
- maker:
- Charles Delagrave, Charles
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Mathematical surface model, plaster, to illustrate the torsion of a prism having ridges
Plaster model to illustrate the torsion of a prism having ridges. This is one of a set of mathematical models made by Charles Delagrave for the Special Loan exhibition of 1876 held in South Kensington. All the models illustrate applied mechanics and were used at the Royal College of Science in the late 19th Century.
Details
- Category:
- Mathematics
- Object Number:
- 1876-428
- Materials:
- plaster-of-Paris
- Measurements:
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overall: 85 mm x 175 mm x 190 mm, 0.626 kg
- type:
- surface model and mathematical model
