- Subject
- Mathematics & Geometry
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- George Adams
- Provenance
- Lent by University College, Oxford in 1941.
- Primary inscriptions
- "* GEOMETRICAL * *SOLID * BODIES * * Made by Geo. Adams at Tycho * * Brahes Head * * the Corner of Raquet Court * * in Fleet Street London *"
- Object type
- Geometric model
- Dimensions
- Height: 153mm Width: 270mm Depth: 224mm Weight: 3.2kg
- Inventory No
- 49936
- Accession Number
- 1941-12
Description
Mahogany case with 2 doors; 3 drawers containing a large collection of boxwood solids numbered according to the propositions in Euclid's Geometry. The drawers are labelled according to the books in Euclid.
Accession register entry " ...a cabinet by George Adams containing boxwood models illustrative of the propositions of Euclid"
