Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Pentagonal Trapezoidal Dodecahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1931 06 21
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: The top of this cut and folded tan paper model has five poiints. Each point has four triangles arond it, two larger ones above and two smaller ones below. Beneath this is a five-pointed plane figure, with each point double. Twn triangles form this figure. One additional triangle and one trapezoid extend below each of these triangles. The bottom of the model is the image of the top, with trapezoids, triangles and stars facing in the opposite direction. Many of the polygons mentioned are coplanar.
label: Description
content: A typed paper tag on the model reads: DT 6. Another mark reads: June-21-1931. Another mark reads: Pentagonal (/) Trapezoidal (/) Dodecahedron (/) Fourth (/) Species (/) No. 292 (/) DT6.
label: Description
content: Models 1979.0102.080 and 1979.0102.138 are both marked DT6. They are not identical.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
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: 1979.0102.080
label: accession number
content: 1979.0102
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0102.080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.5 cm x 14 cm x 14 cm; 8 15/32 in x 5 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in