Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Truncated Cube
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: The faces of this white paper model are eight regular octagons and eight equilateral triangles. A paper tag on one octagon reads: 7. A mark reads: Archimedean Solid II (/) 14 Faces (/) 8 (3) + 6 (8). Wheeler considered the truncated cube as his model 7 and the second Archimedean solid.
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.304723.430
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.430
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 7.7 cm x 7.7 cm x 7.7 cm; 3 1/32 in x 3 1/32 in x 3 1/32 in