National Museum of American History
Geometric Model by Robert Chaffe, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Hyperbolic Paraboloid
Wheeler, Albert Harry · 1937
Suppose two opposite sides of a rectangle are joined by straight lines parallel to the other two sides. Lifting two opposite corners of the rectangle—and keeping the lines taut—one obtains a saddle-shaped figure known as a hyperbolic paraboloid.
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