Mobius strip demonstration model, made by Francis Oakes, England, 1965-1975. Mounted on a mirrored base.
Engineer, Francis Oakes, made this model that shows the single surface of the strip using an animated series of electric lights along the surface. A Mobius strip is a mathematical surface model with only one side and one boundary and is unorientable.
Details
- Category:
- Mathematics
- Object Number:
- 2019-246
- Materials:
- metal (unknown), steel (metal), rubber (unidentified), mirror-glass (silvered), wood (unidentified) and plastic (unidentified)
- Measurements:
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overall: 290 mm x 790 mm x 790 mm,
- type:
- model (representations)
