overall: .8 cm x 22.4 cm x 28 cm; 5/16 in x 8 13/16 in x 11 1/32 in
Object Name:
Book
Place made:
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Date made:
1911
Description:
This is the printed PhD. dissertation of Richard P. Baker, a student in mathematics at the University of Chicago. Baker (1866-1937), of English birth, was a notable maker of mathematical models as well as a faculty member at the University of Iowa. Several of his models survive in Smithsonian collections.
