Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Union of Truncated Octahedra
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This cut and glued tan paper model shows an array of eight truncated octahedra. The square faces have been cut out. Various edges are lettered. Seven pentagons of the central polyhedron are attached to pentagons of other polyhedra.
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.304723.571
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.571
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 glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 9.3 cm x 9.3 cm x 9.3 cm; 3 21/32 in x 3 21/32 in x 3 21/32 in