Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Union of Three Tetrahedra Inscriptible in a Rhombic Dodecahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1930 03 13
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: In this model, Wheeler continued his study of regular tetrahedra inscriptible in a rhombic dodecahedron. The tan cut and folded paper model shows three intersecting regular tetrahedra. Marks (very faint) indicate that these are three of the six tetrahedra inscriptible in a rhombic dodecahedron. A paper tag reads: 51.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.304723.092 and MA.304723.093.
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.304723.092
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.092
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: 10 cm x 10.5 cm x 12 cm; 3 15/16 in x 4 1/8 in x 4 23/32 in