Geometric Model by R. N. S. Merritt, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Four Regular Octahedra Inscriptible in a Tetrahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1938 03 15
name: label: maker
content: Merritt, R. N. S.
notes: label: Description
content: This tan paper model consists of four regular octahedra glued together.
label: Description
content: A mark on the model reads: R.N.S. Merritt (/) Mar. 15, 1938.
label: Description
content: This corresponds to Wheeler's description his model 151.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.304723.576.
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.304723.549
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.549
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, folded, and glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 7.5 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm; 2 15/16 in x 3 17/32 in x 3 17/32 in