Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Great Circles on a Sphere
name: label: patentee
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This warped orange plastic model consists of two circular rings and a circular disc. These intersect to form three great circles on a sphere. A tag on the model reads: 3GC.
label: Description
content: Compare 1979.0102.215, 1979.0102.344, MA.304723.719, MA.304723.720, MA.304723.723, and MA.304723.727.
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: Trigonometry
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Spherical Trigonometry
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.304723.727
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.727
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: orange (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and fit (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 8 cm x 8 cm x 10.4 cm; 3 5/32 in x 3 5/32 in x 4 3/32 in