Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Cube Transformable into Two Congruent Tetrakaidekahedra (Portion)
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This amber and green plastic model is hinged with wire. It unfolds into three sections.
label: Description
content: Models 1979.0102.323 and 1979.0102.324 together constitute an incomplete version of Wheeler's model 765, which he described as "Cube transformable into two congruent tetrakaidekahedra." An internal dark green cube remains when the polyhedra are transformed.
label: Description
content: Some images show the two models together. It has Wheeler's number 765.
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: Dissected Polyhedra
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: 1979.0102.324
label: accession number
content: 1979.0102
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0102.324
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
label: Other Terms
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wire (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.7 cm x 8.7 cm x 8.7 cm; 1 27/32 in x 3 7/16 in x 3 7/16 in