Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, First Stellation of the Icosahedron or Trakis Icosahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1919 05 30
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This is the simplest stellation of a regular icosahedron. Each of the equilateral triangles is replaced by a three-sided pyramid, to give a twenty-pointed star. It is called both the first stellation of an icosahedron and the triakis icosahedron. This tan paper example is cut and folded. A paper tag reads: 363. Another mark reads: May 30 - 1919.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Magnus J. Wenninger, <I>Polyhedron Models</I>, Cambridge: The University Press, 1971, p. 46.
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.304723.191
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.191
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 folded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 11.5 cm x 13.5 cm x 13.5 cm; 4 17/32 in x 5 5/16 in x 5 5/16 in