Model of a Half-Twist Surface by Alexander Crum Brown, c 1900.

Made:: c. 1900 in Edinburgh and Edinburgh and

maker:: Alexander Crum Brown

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Model of a half-twist surface. Alexander Crum Brown (1838-1922), who was professor of mathematics at Edinburgh, was a
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Model of a half twist surface

Model of a half-twist surface. Alexander Crum Brown (1838-1922), who was professor of mathematics at Edinburgh, was a prolific maker of mathematical models. This one is related to the Klein bottle and Mobius strip.

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Category:: Mathematics

Object Number:: 1910-138

Materials:: complete, plaster, wood

type:: surface model (plaster) surface model (plaster)

credit:: Professor A. Crum-Brown

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