Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Subgroup Icosahedra
date: label: date made
content: 1935 07 16
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This model has eight points, each of which is the apex of a hexagonal pyramid with six isosceles triangles for sides. Edges of the pyramids are joined symmetrically to form a figure with eight holes. Compare MA.304723.260, which lacks the holes.
label: Description
content: A typed tag on the model reads IS 12. Another mark reads: :No 494 (/) Icosahedron (/) July-16-1935.
label: Description
content: Wheeler placed this model in his "subgroup icosahedra."
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.304723.248
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.248
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, folded & glued. (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 8 cm x 7.5 cm x 8 cm; 3 5/32 in x 2 15/16 in x 3 5/32 in