Accession No

3759

Brief Description

Set of wooden geometrical solids, nineteenth century, probably German

Origin

German (?)

Maker

Class

mathematics; demonstration

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

wood (chipboard and at least one other); paper

Dimensions

box length 215mm; breadth 190mm; height 50mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased, 1989. Purchased with assistance of a grant from PRISM fund.

Inscription

‘STEREOMETRIE
oder
gründliche Darstellungen der
Körperlehre.
ou
représentations fondamentales de la
science des corps solides.
STEREOMETRY,
or the art of measuring solid bodies.’ (lid of box)

Description Notes

Set of wooden shapes for instruction in geometry. Contained in a green paper-covered wooden box, which has a hand-printed coloured label on the sliding lid, showing a child receiving instruction in geometry and with titles in French, German and English. 44 shapes (including cuboids, parallelepiped, tetrahedra, sphere, cone, cylinder, cubes, triangular prism, icosahedron, dodecahedron, etc) some branded with letters.

Condition fair (some wear on box); complete.

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