Geometric Model of A. Harry Wheeler, Symmetrical Icosahedron Fifth Species
date: label: date made
content: 1934 04 21
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This cut and folded tan paper model has eight points that each are the meeting point for three irregular quadrilaterals. Each quadrilateral adjoints two distinct triangles. In addition to to these eight structures, the model has six figures attached to two triangles (or a parallelogram folded in half). Each of these figures has twenty-two sides (sixteen triangles and six quadrilaterals).
label: Description
content: Several polygons in the model are coplanar. A paper tag reads: 414. Another mark reads: Symmetrical (/) Icosahedron (/) 5th Species (/) April-21, 1934 (/) No. 414.
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.304723.245
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.245
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: 11.6 cm x 14.8 cm x 14.8 cm; 4 9/16 in x 5 13/16 in x 5 13/16 in