Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Rhombic Dodecahedron Transformable into Rhombic Dodecahedron, Dissected Polyhedron
date: label: date made
content: 1930 02 15
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This hinged dissected polyhedron is a paper model that consists of a rhombic dodecahedron divided into 4 parallelopipeds with rhombic faces (Wheeler calls them rhombihedra). In its initial position, the outside faces are tan. Turned inside out, the faces showing are painted blue.
label: Description
content: This is Wheeler's model 770. It is one of his earliest dated dissected polyhedron models.
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: Dissected Polyhedra
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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.304723.293
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.293
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: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 11.3 cm x 16 cm x 11 cm; 4 7/16 in x 6 5/16 in x 4 11/32 in