Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Pentagonal Trapezoidal Dodecahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1931 07 03
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This cut and folded tan paper model has ten faces that are trapezoids and two that are regular pentagons. A mark in pencil reads: July-3-1931 (/) No. 287 (/) DT 1. Another, fainter, mark in pencil reads: Pentagonal (/) Trapezoidal (/) Dodecahedron. This is the first in a series of models that Wheeler called trapezoidal dodecahedra.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.304723.262
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.262
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 4.5 cm x 6 cm x 5.5 cm; 1 25/32 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 5/32 in