Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Portion of an Irregular Polyhedron
date: label: date made
content: 1934
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: In this cut, glued and folded paper model A. H. Wheeler explored fitting together polygons. At the center is a ring of five congruent irregular quadrilaterals, each labeled “7”. These meet at a central point. Each quadrilateral has two equal long edges (these meet to form the ring) as well as two short edges. The ten short edges form the base of ten equal tiny triangles. Each of the tiny triangles meets two larger triangles to form a facet. These larger triangles are marked 5 and 10 or 5’ and 10’. The 5 triangles have one edge in common with the 5’ triangles. The third side of the 5 triangles is next to a 10 triangle and the third side of the 5’ triangles next to 10’. The 10’ triangles also adjoin larger isosceles tringles, three of which are marked 12. One 12 triangle has attached to it a piece of paper with division marked 12, 10’, 5’, 5, 10, 12, and 6 (two tiny triangles). Compare MA.302723.696.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
label: associated place
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.304723.695
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.695
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 glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 2.5 cm x 7.1 cm x 10 cm; 31/32 in x 2 25/32 in x 3 15/16 in