Sheets and Patterns Relating to the Work of A. Harry Wheeler - Direction Cosines, Spherical Coordinates, Cylindrical Coordinates
date: label: date made
content: 1944-1945
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: These paper sheets contain drawings relating to the following geometric models of A. Harry Wheeler:
label: Description
content: 1. Direction Cosines (/) of a Line in Space (/) DCOS. A date reads: Jan 18-1945 (/) Wellesley May 1945. Threre are six pattern pieces, each in metal and in paper. A lined sheet of paper, dated Jan 20-1945, indicates the time for cutting, bevelling, and assembling the model, which totals two hours and 55 minutes.
label: Description
content: 2. a drawing entitled: Spherical Coordinates. It is dated Jan 20, 1945. Another date reads: Wellesley May 1945. Drawings, but no pattern pieces. A lined sheet of paper gives a time of 1o minute for making the original pattern.
label: Description
content: 3. a sheet labeled: CYLINDRICAL COORDINATES. In has drawings, attached pattern pieces (not fully cut out), and a sheet of lined paper giving a time of 18 minutes for the original pattern. Both sheets are dated: Jan 20, 1944.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louise D. Campbell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.3002.094
label: catalog number
content: 1979.3002.094
label: nonaccession number
content: 1979.3002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sheets and Patterns
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 24 cm x 29 cm x .5 cm; 9 7/16 in x 11 13/32 in x 3/16 in