Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Rhombicosidodecahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1931 11 05
name: label: patentee
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: The ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes enumerated the eighteen regular and semi-regular solids, and they are known as Archimedean solids in his honor.
label: Description
content: This cut and folded tan paper model has a total of sixty-two faces; twenty triangles, thirty squares, and twelve hexagons. It is number XV among Wheeler's Archimedean solids and number 20 in his general list of models.
label: Description
content: A mark on the model reads: A. Harry Wheeler (/) Nov. 5, 1931 (/) Pat. 1292188. Another mark reads: 20. A third mark reads: XV.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.304723.067, MA.304723.068, and 1979.0102.291.
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content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Magnus J. Wenninger, <I>Polyhedron Models</I>, Cambridge: The University Press, 1971, p..28.
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.304723.068
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.068
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
label: Other Terms
content: Geometric Model; Rhombicosidodecahedron; Archimedean Solid
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: 13 cm x 13 cm x 13 cm; 5 1/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 5 1/8 in