Sheets and Patterns Relating to the Work of A. Harry Wheeler - One-Sided Polyhedra
date: label: date made
content: 1920-1939
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
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content: These materials include pattern pieces (both plastic and paper) relating to A. Harry Wheeler's models of one-sided polyhedra. Wheeler’s interest in one-sided polyhedral seems to have been heavily influenced by the publication of Karl Merz’s article “Einseitige Vielfache mit Vorseisung von Modellen . . . ,” <I>Verhandlungen der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft</I>, vol. 119, 1938.
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content: 1. plastic pattern piece with drawing marked: 708. Also marked: One-Sided Polyhedron Derived (/) from the Icosadodecahedron (/) (Solid Pentagram (/) and Hollow Triangles). Another mark, near one of the drawings, says: Oversize Pentagons (/) Make 12.
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content: 2. listing dated July 31-1939 and April 5-1939. - it describes models 709, 710, and 711.
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content: 3. drawing dated August 4 1939 - it mentions models 712, 713, and 715.
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content: 4. drawing dated August 4, 1939 - it is marked: 712. It also is marked: One-Sided 120-Face Polyhedron (/) of HW.
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content: 5. drawing dated Dec. 1938. It is marked: 713. It also is marked: One Sided Polyhedron (/) (Cube) (/) HW..
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content: 6. drawing dated August 6, 1939. It is marked: 714. It also is marked: One-Sided Polyhedron 21 Faces,
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content: 5. two drawings. The first is dated Jan 17-1935. Both are marked: 716. Also included is a small loose drawing and a paper pattern piece.
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content: 6. drawing dated Jan 2-1939. It is marked: 717, The title reads: One-Sided Polyhedron (/) derived from the Cube.
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content: 7. .drawing dated Jan 2-1939. It is marked: 718, The title reads: One-Sided Polyhedron (/) derived from the Cube.
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content: 8. drawing dated: 719. It is marked: April 17-1939
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content: 9. drawing labeled: Mobius 10 Face, dated Jan 2, 1939 . This is with five other drawings and several plastic and paper pattern pieces.
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content: 10. drawing of model with nineteen faces that are equilateral triangles. Date readsL Aug 18 '26.
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content: 11. This lined paper sheet of paper contains four drawings. A mark reads: Tetrakaidekahedron. Another mark reads: Jan. 18, 1927.
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content: 12, drawing labeled: One-Sided Polyhedron. Also marked: March 31-1939 (/) not made.
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content: 13, untitled, undated drawing of a model. Marked: Not made.
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content: 14. drawing labeled: One-Sided Polyhedron. Dated: Oct. 1938.
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content: 15. undated drawing with two plastic pattern pieces. A label reads: Ond-Sided Polyhedron.
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content: 16. drawing labeled: One-Sided Polyhedron (/) AHW. The date reads; Jan 7-1939. Further drawings are on the back.
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content: 17. an unlabeled, undated drawing.
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content: 18, a drawing labeled: One-Sided Surface (/) AHW (Marjorie). Another mark reads: Nov 11-1938 (/) Model made.
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content: 19. an unlabeled, undated drawing.
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content: 20. a drawing with two attached pieces. All are marked: Dec 8, 1938. The drawing is marked: One-Sided Polyhedron (/) Four Intersecting Ond-Sided Heptahedra (/) (Dummy Made).
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content: 21. a drawing entitled: One Sided Surface. The date reads: Nov 13, 1938
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content: 22, three sheets of drawings. The first is labeled 694-702. The second has two attached smaller drawings.. The third is laveled: Reduced Size One Sided Hexahdeon (/) Linear dimensions of June 27 1939 (/) Reduced one-half. A date reads: June 30, 1939.
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content: 23, two sheets of drawings. Both labeled: 694. One labeled: Robert Curtis (/) April 29, 1939 (/) 1-sided, 1-2, 2-3, 3-1 (/) of solid right < [e.g. symbol for angle].
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content: 24. sheet of drawings labeled: 687. Also labeled: One Sided Surface (/) Tetrahedron with plane through (/) the edges and altitudes. Another mark reads; Oct 12, 1938.
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content: 25, sheet of drawings labeled: 682. Also labeled: One Sided Polyhedron (/) AHW. Also labeled: Dec 14, 1938 (/) Transparent (/) Model Made.
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content: 26. sheet of drawings labeled: 686. Also labeled: One Sided Polyhedron (/) AHW. Also labeled: Dec 13 1938 (/) Transparent Model (/) Made.
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content: 27. sheet of drawings labeled: 680. Also labeled: One-Sided Polyhedron (/) AHW. Also labeled: Dec 12, 1938 (/) Transparent (/) Model Made.
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content: 28. sheet of drawings labeled: 679. Also labeled: One Sided Polyhedron (/) AHW. Also labeled: Dec 17, 1938 (/) Transparent (/) Model Made.
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content: 29. sheet of drawings labeled: 677. Also labeled: One Sided Polyhedron (/) AHW. Also labeled: Dec 13 1938 (/) Corrected Pattern (/) Dec 17, 1938.
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content: 30. sheet of drawings labeled: 678. Also labeled: One Sided Polyhedron (/) AHW. Also labeled: Dec 13 1938.
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content: 31. sheet of drawings labeled: 678. Also labeled: One Sided Polyhedron (/) AHW. Also labeled: Dec 9, 1938 (/) Transparent Model (/) Made. In addition a paper pattern piece is attached.
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content: 32. sheet of drawings labeled: 676. Also labeled: One Sided Surface (/) Prof. Philip Franklin. Also labeled: July 29, 1938 (.) Corrected Pattern. Also labeled: Sectionf B and C (/) Make Two. A second drawing with this one is marked: One Sided Surface (/) Prof. Philip Franklin (/) Section A. (/) Make one. It also is marked: Also labeled: July 29, 1938 (.) Corrected Pattern.
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content: 33. sheet of drawings labeled: 675. It also is marked: One Sided Polyhedron. It also is marked: March 31-1939 (/) Green Pyralin Model (/) April 1-1939
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content: 34, two sheets of drawings. The first is marked: 650. It also is marked: One Sided Polyhedron (/) K. Merz. It also is marked: Oct 18 1938 (/) Model Made. The second sheet contains calculations and drawings but no model number or dates.
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content: 35. sheet of drawings labeled: 650. Also labeled: One- Sided 9-Face (/) (K. Merz). It also is marked: Aug 27, 1938 (/) (Vierteljahrschrift (/) June, 1938.
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content: 36. four sheets of drawings. The first sheet is labeled: 650 (/) 651. It also is labeled: One Sided Polyhedron (/) Karl Merz (/) Vierteljahrschrift June, 1938 (/) Zűrich (/) 650 9 Face Polyhedron. It also is marked: Nov-27-1938 (/) Dec 25-1938 (/) Pyralin model (/) made Feb 8, 1939. The second is marked: One Sided Polyhedron (/) Karl Merz (/) Vierteljahrschrift - June, 1938 (/) Zűrich (/) 9-Face Polyhedron (Enneaeder). It also is marked: Nov 27 1938. The third is dated Nov 39, 1938. The fourth is dated Nov 22, 1938.
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content: 37. a sheet of drawings labeled: 651 (/) 652. It also is marked: 10 Face (/) One Sided Surface from a Tetrahedron (/) Ten Face from Vierteljahrschrift . . . p. 110. Another mark reads: Aug 27, 1938.
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content: 38. a sheet of drawings marked: 653. It also is marked: One Sided Polyhedron (/) AHW. It also is marked: Nov 27 1938 (/) Dec 25 [1938] (/) Pyralin Model (/) made Feb 10, 1939.
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content: 39. two sheets of drawings and a pattern piece. Both sheets are marked: 654. The first is entitled: One Sided Polyhedron (/) AHW. It also is marked: Dec 25, 1938. The second(which has the pattern piece) is entitled: One-Sided Polyhedron. It also is marked; Nov 27-1938 (/) Pyralin Model (/) made Feb 18, 1939.
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content: 40. three sheets of drawings. The first and third are marked: 655. The first is also marked: One Sided Polyhedron (/) Karl Merz in Chm (/) Sitzungsberichte. 1937. I. II. It also is marked: Aug. 30. 1938 (/) Paper maodl (/) made. The second sheet is marked: One sided Surface (/) Karl Merz (/) in Chm (/) Sitzungsberichte (/) der Preussischen Akademie (/) der Wissenschafte (/) 1937 – I, II. A date reads: August 30, 1938. The third drawing is entitled: One Sided Polyhedron (/) Four Cubes. It also is marked: March 26, 1939 (/) Pyralin Model Made.
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content: 41. a sheet of drawings. It has the number: 657. It is labeled: 190Face (/) K-Merz (/) Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie (/) der Wissenschafte (/) 1937, I, II. It also is marked: Aug 29., 1938 (/) Pyralin Model (/) made Feb 9, 1939.
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content: .Numbers 1979.3002.72 thru 1979.3002.76 were originally from the same package.42. a sheet of drawings. It is numbered: 658. A mark reads: one Sided Polyhedron (/) From an Icosahedron (/) See Merz. It also is marked: Nov 24- 1938 (/) Dec 25 1938 (/) Small celluloid model made (/) make large model (/) and also (/) E. . .morph.
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content: 43. two sheets of drawings with a smaller drawing. A number on the first sheet reads: 659 (/) (660). A title reads: Brűkner (/) 16-X (/) July-18-1919 (/) Model made May 31-1920. A label on the second sheet reads: May 31 – 1920 (/) Brűckner X-16.
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content: 44. a sheet of drawings with two pattern pieces. The number reads: 660. A mark reads: One Sided Polyhedron. Another mark reads: Dec-4-1938 (/) Model made Dec 24, 1938 (/) Blue and Pink. Hole to b cut out of at least one side.
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content: 45. a sheet of drawings marked: 661. The title reads: Four Intersecting heptahedra Another mark reads: Nov 16-1938 (/) March 27, 1939 (/) Pyralin Model (/) made March 29.
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content: 1939
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content: 46. a sheet of drawings marked: 662. The title reads: One Sided (/) Brűckner VIII=36. Another mark reads: Jan 9, 1939 (/) Model made (/) Jan 14, 1939
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content: 47. a sheet of drawings marked: 663. A mark reads: One Sided Polyhedron (/) Derived from the (/) Cuboctahderon. Another mark reads: Nov 29, 1938 (/) Dec 26. Another mark reads: Pyralin Model (/) made Feb 10, 1939.
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content: 48. a sheet of drawings numbered: 664. A mark reads: one Sided Polyhedron (/) From Archimedean Solid VII (/) Brűckner 132. Another mark reads: Feb. 11, 1939 (/) Pyralin Model (/) made Feb 12, 1939.
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content: 49. a sheet of drawings numbered: 665. A title reads: One Sided Polyhedron (/) Brűckner VIII Fig. 41. Another mark reads: Dec 27-1938 (/) Model made (/) Jan 19, 1939.
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content: 50. two sheets of drawings. The first is numbered: 668. It is marked: One Sided Polyhedron. Further marks read: Dec 2-1938 (/) Jan 6-1939 (/) All Right (/) Model made (/) Jan 15, 1939. Second sheet reads: One Sided Polyhedron (/) Ring Type (/) AHW. It also reads: Dec 2. 1938 (/) 26.
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content: 51. two sheets of drawings, both marked: 669. The first is entitled: One Sided Polyhedron (/) AHW. It also is marked: Pyralin Model (/) made Feb 20, 1939 (/) Ring Type (/) Base has 7 points. The second sheet is marked: One Sided Polyhedron (/) AHW. It also is marked: Dec 2 – 1938.
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content: 52. a sheet of drawings with five paper pattern pieces. The sheet and one of the pattern pieces are marked: 670. The sheet is entitled: One Sided Polyhedron (/) Brűckner Page 191-2 (/) Plate VII – Fig 31. It also is marked: Dec. 6, 1938 (/) (Transparent model (/) made) (/) (Tagboard model (/) made).
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content: 53. a sheet of drawings, numbered: 671. It is entitled: One Sided Polyhedron. Another mark reads: March 30, 1939 (/) Pyralin Model made (/) March 30-1939.
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content: 54. a sheet of drawings, numbered: 672. It is entitled: One Sided Polyhedron (/) derived from the Cube. Another mark reads: Feb 16 -1939.
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content: 55. a sheet of drawings, numbered: 672. It is entitled: One Sided Polyhedron. Another mark reads: March 30 -1939.
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content: 56. a sheet of drawings, numbered: 673. It is entitled: One Sided Polyhedron (/) Twelve Cubes Escribed to a (/) Cube. Another mark reads: April (/) April 2 – 1939 (/) Pyralin model made (/) April 7, 1939.
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content: 57. two sheets of drawings, both numbered: 674. Both also are marke: One Sided Polyhedron. The first has a drawing and a second similar small drawing that is pasted on the sheer. The second is dated: March 31 – 1939.
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content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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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: 1979.3002.075
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content: 1979.3002.075
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content: 1979.3002
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content: Sheets and Patterns
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: tan (overall color)
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content: average spatial: 24 cm x 37.5 cm x 3 cm; 9 7/16 in x 14 3/4 in x 1 3/16 in