Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Truncated Tetrahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1931 11 01
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: Perpendicular cuts near the four vertices of a regular tetrahedron yields this model, a truncated tetrahedron. The faces of this tan paper object are four equilateral triangles and four regular hexagons. A paper tag reads: 6. A second mark reads 6 I (/) A. Harry Wheeler (/) Nov 1. 1931 (/) Pat. 1292188.
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
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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.304723.463
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.463
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: 5.3 cm x 6.5 cm x 7 cm; 2 3/32 in x 2 9/16 in x 2 3/4 in