Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Pole of a Great Circle
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This tan cut and folded paper model consists of two perpendicular circular discs and a circular ring perpendicular to both of the discs. The discs and ring all have the same radius. A sticker on the model reads: Pat 1,192,483. Another sticker reads: A. Harry Wheeler. A third sticker (loose from the model) reads: POLE OF A GREAT CIRCLE. A fourth sticker reads: PGC<sup>*</sup>.
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: Trigonometry
label: See more items in
content: Science & Mathematics
label: See more items in
content: Spherical Trigonometry
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.304723.668
label: catalog number
content: 304723.668
label: accession number
content: 304723
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: 8 cm x 8 cm x 8 cm; 3 5/32 in x 3 5/32 in x 3 5/32 in