Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Triangle Transformable into Right Triangle, Plane Dissection
date: label: date made
content: ca 1932
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: The four pieces of this hinged model are made of plastic glued to wood. The pieces can be arranged as a triangle, a right triangle, or a rectangle. The green plastic is cut, but it covers only one piece
label: Description
content: This is 4A on Wheeler's list of decompositions of polygons. It is a dissection that transforms a triangle into a right triangle.
label: Description
content: A pattern for this model found in 1979.3002.55 is dated 1932.
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.304723.810
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.810
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
label: Object Name
content: geometric model
label: Other Terms
content: Dissection
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: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: hinged (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1.5 cm x 20.6 cm x 13.3 cm; 19/32 in x 8 1/8 in x 5 1/4 in