112715-01  Möbius, A(ugust) F(erdinand).
Über die Bestimmung des Inhaltes eines Polyeders. SS. (31)-68. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. In: Berichte der Königlichen Sächsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig. Mathematisch-physische Classe. Band 17. (22 x 14 cm). (4) XII, 116 S. Mit Abbildungen und 1 gefalteten lithographierten Tafel. Leinwandband der Zeit.
Leipzig, Hirzel, 1865.
Erste Ausgabe. - "Möbius is now most frequently remembered for his discovery of the one-sided surface called the Möbius strip, which is formed by taking a rectangular strip of paper and connecting its ends after giving it a half twist. The Paris Academy had offered a prize for research on the geometrical theory of polyhedrons, and in 1858 Möbius began to prepare an essay on this subject. The results of his essay were for the most part given in two important papers: his 'Theorie der elementaren Verwandtschaft' of 1863 and his 'Ueber die Bestimmung des Inhaltes eines Polyëders' of 1865. The latter contains his discovery of the 'Möbius strip' and proof that there are polyhedrons to which no volume can be assigned" (DSB). - Stellenweise etwas gebräunt, sonst gut erhalten. - DSB 9, 429; Poggendorff III, 923

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