Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Hexagon Transformable into Four Hexagons, Portion, Plane Dissection
date: label: date made
content: ca 1932
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: Three pieces of this model are paralleolgrams, with wooden bases and a layer of black plastic on top.
label: Description
content: The three quadrilaterals of model 1979.3002.797, along with the three regular hexagons comprising models 1979.3002.796, 1979.3002.798, and 1979.3002.799, combine to form a single large hexagon. Separately, they can be arranged as four single hexagons. This is Wheeler's model 7HC, as described in his "Decomposition of Polygons (in 1979.3002.43, folder 2). A drawing, along with pattern pieces, is in 1979.3002.49. The drawing is dated April 5, 1932 and May 2, 1932.
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
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content: Plane Dissections
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.304723.797
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.797
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1.5 cm x 7 cm x 4.1 cm; 19/32 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 5/8 in