Möbius strips before Möbius: Topological hints in ancient representations
arXiv:1609.07779 · doi:10.1007/s00283-016-9631-8
Abstract
August Möbius discovered his eponymous strip --- also found almost contemporaneously by Johann Listing --- in 1858, so a pre-1858 Möbius band would be an interesting object. It turns out there were lots of them.