Response By
George McAuley
Albert H. Kennedy Spherical Geometry Teaching Aid, late 1800s
wood and leather Collection of Museum London, 1976Response
At first glance,
A plain wooden ball,
With leather straps and tacks,
That is seemingly all.
But unfurl to reveal,
This myriad miracle.
A mathematical mystery,
With pyramids made spherical.
Fashioned in the ‘20s,
By Albert H. Kennedy.
An American manipulative,
Provided students a remedy.
Not magical, but practical
And if it is still unclear,
It is an empirical approximation,
For the Volume of a Sphere!
George McAuley teaches mathematics at Catholic Central High School, in London. He holds two Bachelor’s Degrees, in science and in education. He also holds a Master’s degree in education, with a focus on anti-racist curriculum. George also coaches high school basketball and football, and is a musician, who began performing with The McAuley Boys in the mid-1990s.