Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Network of Points and Lines
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This model consists of eight vertices (represented by black rubber squares) joined by twenty-two wires. Three edges have paper tags taped to them The tags are marked I (or H), F, and B. A fourth piece of tape is loose on a wire. A loose tag reads: E. A tag on a string near one vertex reads: 2. It also reads: 1920. The mathematical significance of this model is unclear.
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.304723.644
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.644
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, wire (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and fitted (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 13.8 cm x 12.8 cm x 14 cm; 5 7/16 in x 5 1/32 in x 5 1/2 in