Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Cube Transformable into a Cuboctahedron and an Octahedron, Dissected Polyhedron
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This paper folded model is in three pieces. The first is in the shape of a regular octahedron. The second is a group of eight hinged six-sided figures that fit on the eight sides of the octahedron to form a cube. These hinged figures also can be arranged to form a cuboctahedron. The octahedron and cuboctahedron pieces fit into the third piece, a box folded in the shape of a cube. A number on the object reads: 762.
label: Description
content: No drawing for this model has been located. There is a drawing dated May 14, 1939 in 1979.3002.42. entitled "Cube Dissected into a Cuboctahedron and an Octahedron – Pyralin model made May 16, 1939." This is a drawing for the plastic form of the model.
label: Description
content: See MA.304723.738 and 1979.0102.319.
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: Dissected Polyhedra
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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.304723.316
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.316
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: 9.5 cm x 9.5 cm x 9.5 cm; 3 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in