![Fabre de Lagrange Mathematical Model](/sites/default/files/styles/large_1/public/2019-04/artifact-1973-0241-mathematical-model.jpg.webp?itok=2QojHyQD)
Current location:
Collection Storage Facility
Provenance:
This artifact was acquired from the Science Museum, London, England, in 1973.
Technical history:
In Fabre de Lagrange’s 1872 catalogue, this model was labelled as an “Intersection of two cylinders, one piercing the other so as to give two separate loops of intersection.”
History:
In 1872, in keeping with the object-based teaching trend in mathematics, the South Kensington Museum in London, England, commissioned Fabre de Lagrange of Paris to make over 45 mathematical models for its Education Collection.
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