Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Hexagon Transformable into a Equilateral Triangle, Plane Dissection
date: label: date made
content: ca 1932
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: Each of these six flat pieces has a wooden base and a colored plastic top - the tops are six different colors. As stored in their transparent open case, they firm a hexagon. In this version of the model, the pieces are not hinged.
label: Description
content: This appears to be Wheeler's model 6HF, which can be arranged either as a hexagon or as an equilateral triangle.
label: Description
content: See Wheeler's list of dissections, under "Regular Hexagons" (1979.3002.43, folder 2).
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.304723.792
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.792
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: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: turquiose (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1.4 cm x 8.5 cm x 9.7 cm; 9/16 in x 3 11/32 in x 3 13/16 in