Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Combination of a Dodecahedron and an Icosahedron
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: The faces of this tan paper cut and folded model are twenty nonagons. Each nonagon is made up of three coplanar irregular pentagons. There also are twelve holes, arranged symmetrically, with five points each (the holes are not flat). Each nonagon is made up of three coplanar irregular pentagons. If the holes were eliminated, one would have a regular icosahedron. A paper tag on the model reads IC 2. A mark in pencil reads: 471 (/) Ic-2. Wheeler referred to the model as a combination of a dodecahedron and an icosahedron.
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.304723.272
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723,272
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: 13.5 cm x 15 cm x 16 cm; 5 5/16 in x 5 29/32 in x 6 5/16 in