Patterns for Tetrahedra
date: label: date made
content: 1944-1945
notes: label: Description
content: These pattern pieces for models of forms of tetrahedron are made of metal and paper and clipped to sheets of paper with drawings. The types are:
label: Description
content: 1. tetrahedron with inscribed octahedron, T3-Oi. It als is marked: Small Size Nov-3-1944 (/) Wellesley May 1945
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content: 2. tetrahedron isth inscribed icosahedron - T3-Ici. It is marked: Oct 19-1944 (/) Small Size Wellesely May 1945
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content: 3. five regular tetrahedra inscriptible into a regular pentagonal dodecahedron, 5T1, Also on the sheet:, pieces for model of twn regular tetrahedra inscriptible in a regular pentagonal dodecahedron, 10Ti - sheet dated June 1944.
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content: 4. tetrahedra (stella octangula) with inscribed octahedron, both #30 pyrelin, T7+. Date: Aug23-1944.
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content: 5. tetrahedron sith sphere inscribed, T-Si. This is dated Feb 7-1945.
label: Description
content: Items 1979.3002.56 through 1979.3002.71 were removed from the same box.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louise D. Campbell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.3002.066
label: catalog number
content: 1979.3002.066
label: nonaccession number
content: 1979.3002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Patterns
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
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content: tan (overall color)
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content: silver (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 24.5 cm x 37.5 cm x 1 cm; 9 21/32 in x 14 3/4 in x 13/32 in