Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Ruled Surface, Tetrahedron Bisected by an Hyperbolic Paraboloid
date: label: date made
content: 1926
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This tan paper skeleton model of a regular tetrahedton has threads joining two opposite sides The threads form a hyperbolic paraboloid. A mark in pencil reads: 467. A mark in pen reads: Tetrahedron Bisected by an Hyperbolic Paraboloid (/) A. Harry Wheeler 1926.
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.304723.263
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.263
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
label: Other Terms
content: Geometric Model; Tetrahedron, Bisected by an Hyperbolic Paraboloid; Ruled Surface
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut, folded & sewn (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 8.8 cm x 10.6 cm x 7 cm; 3 15/32 in x 4 3/16 in x 2 3/4 in