Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Triangle Transformable into Quadrilateral (Portion), Plane Dissection
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This hinged dissection has two triangular pieces that may be arranged to form a triangle two ways.
label: Description
content: The three objects denoted by MA.304723.747, MA.304723.748, and MA.304723.749 together comprise six right triangles (hinged in pairs) which can be arranged as a single triangle divided into segments by perpendicular bisectors. Rearranged, they form a quadrilateral.
label: Description
content: The three objects together form model TE in Wheeler's list of decompositions of polygons.
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
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content: Plane Dissections
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.304723.749
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.749
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: hinged (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1.2 cm x 20.3 cm x 6.2 cm; 15/32 in x 8 in x 2 7/16 in