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For his work, Newell needed a simple mathematical model of a familiar ...

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For his work, Newell needed a simple mathematical model of a familiar object. His wife, Sandra Newell, suggested modelling their tea service since they were sitting down for tea at the time. He sketched the teapot free-hand using graph paper and a pencil.[4] Following that, he went back to the computer laboratory and edited bézier control points on a Tektronix storage tube, again by hand.[citation needed]

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