Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Six Tetrahedra Inscriptible in a Tetrahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1930 07 14
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This tan cut and folded paper model represents the union of six regular tetrahedra. The tetrahedra are rotated slightly so that six vertices (one from each tetrahedron) are adjacent. and form four corners (e.g. the model is inscriptible in a larger regular tetrahedron. A paper tag on the model reads: 62. A mark in pencil reads: Six tetrahedra Inscriptible (/) in a tetrahedron. It also reads: July-10-1930 (/) July-14-1930 (/) No. 62.
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.304723.104
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.104
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: 9.5 cm x 13 cm x 11.2 cm; 3 3/4 in x 5 1/8 in x 4 13/32 in