Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Collapsible Hyperboloid of Two Nappes (Hyperbolid of two Sheets)
date: label: date made
content: 1916 01 07
label: date made
content: 1916
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This cut and folded tan paper model shows two parts of an hyperboloid facing one another in a paper frame. Each hyperboloid is formed from four folded pieces of paper that fit into a ring in the frame. Wheeler described the model as a "collapsible hyperboloid of two nappes." A paper tag on the model reads: 570. Another mark reads: Jan 7, 1916.
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: 1979.0102.356
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0102.356
label: accession number
content: 1979.0102
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: 6 cm x 7.5 cm x 4.5 cm; 2 3/8 in x 2 15/16 in x 1 25/32 in