Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Measurment of a Spherical Angle
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This cut paper tan model consists of two pieces showing circular discs with a projecting tangent plane at the top, as well as a paper ring of the same diameter. The ring fits in the intersecting discs to show how one measures a spherical angle. Two stickers read: MSA*. Another mark reads: Pat 1,192,483.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.304723.156, MA.304723.671, and MA.304723.663. For pattern, see 1979.3002.087.
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: Trigonometry
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Spherical Trigonometry
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.304723.663
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.663
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: 7.8 cm x 7.8 cm x 7.8 cm; 3 1/16 in x 3 1/16 in x 3 1/16 in