Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Square Transformable into an Equilateral Triangle, Plane Dissection
date: label: date made
content: ca 1932
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: The four pieces of this hinged dissection may be arranged as a square or as an equilateral triangle.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.304723.764, MA.304723.819, MA.304723.766, and MA.304723.823. There are two drawings for a related puzzle, 4ST, both dated January 17,1932 and April 26, 1932, in 1979.3002.43, folder 1. The drawings refers to the <I>Mathematical Gazette</I>. A drawing in 1979.3002.53 dated January 5, 1932 refers to this model as 4C.
label: Description
content: This is Wheeler's Model 4ST.
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
label: See more items in
content: Science & Mathematics
label: See more items in
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.304723.764
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.764
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut, glued and hinged (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm; 13/32 in x 3 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in