Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Collapsible Circular Ring (Torus)
date: label: date made
content: 1916 01 08
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: Particularly in this period, A. Harry Wheeler made a variety of cut and folded paper models that he called "collapsible" - that is to say, the pieces could be disassembled into flat slices. This model has a circular ring as base, with twelve circles, each folded in half, inserted in the ring to suggest a torus.
label: Description
content: A paper tag on the model reads: 217. Another mark reads: Jan-8-1916.
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.304723.152
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.152
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: 2 cm x 5 cm x 5 cm; 25/32 in x 1 31/32 in x 1 31/32 in