Sheets and Patterns Relating to the Work of A. Harry Wheeler, Lines, Planes, and Points
date: label: date made
content: 1943-1945
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This folder contains a list of Wheeler models relating to lines, planes and points, referring to propositions from George Wentworth’s book on geometry. It also has l patterns for the following models:
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content: 1. Three great circles on a sphere (3GC). A date reads: Feb 19-1945.
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content: 2. SPHERE and PLANE (/) S-PL (/) MODEL STAND, dated: Feb 7-1943.
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content: 3. STANDARD, dated: March 9-1948. This appears to be the base of a platform model.
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content: 4. TWO ANDLES AND TWO PLANES (/) 2A-2PL. A mark reads: March 11-1945.
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content: 5. TWO PARALLEL PLANES (/) AND A PLANE (/) 2 II PLS-PL. A mark reads: March 9-1945
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content: 6. POLYHEDRAL ANGLE (/) P A. A date reads: March 13-1945
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content: 7. TWO TRIHEDRAL ANGLES (/) 2TRIA (/) JIG. A date reads: Feb 8 – 1945.
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content: 8. A LINE AND ITS PROJECTION ION A PLANE (/) AND ANOTHER LINE IN THE PLANE (/) L-PL-L (/) JIG. A date reads: March-9-1945.
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content: 9. Plane Bisecting a Dihedral Angle (/) DIH-PL (/) MODEL STAND (/) JIG. A date reads: Jan 27-1945.
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content: 10. DIHEDRAL ANGLE (/) DIH. A date reads: March-10-1945.
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content: 11. TRIHEDRAL ANGLED (/) TRIH. A date reads: March-9-1945. Another mark reads: Page 284.
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content: 12. LINE INTERSECTING TWO SKEW LINES (/) l [PERPENDICULAR SIGN] 2SL (/) MODEL STAND (/)
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content: JIG. Another mark reads: Feb 2 – 1945.
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content: 13. Two Lines Perpendicular to a Plane (/) 2L [perpendicular sign] PL (/) JIG. A date reads: Jan-16-1945.
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content: 14. Line and its Projection on a Plane - L-PRO - March 9, 1945
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content: 15. Line Perpendicular to One of Two Parallel Planes - 2 II PL - L [symbol for perpendicular] - Wheaton - Feb. 45
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content: 16. Perpendicular to a Plane from an External Point - PL-L [symbol for perpendicular] – includes model for stand - Wheaton Feb. 45
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content: 17. Two Perpendicular Planes Four Theorems - 2 [symbol for perpendicular] PL - February 1945
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content: 18. Line Perpendicular to Two Lines - L [symbol for perpendicular] 2L - Jan 16, 1945
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content: 19. Perpendiculars to a Line - PRP - L. Also marked: Jan 26-1945. Also marked: Wheaton Feb. 1945 (/) MODEL STAND.
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content: 20. Two Lines Perpendicular to the Same Plane are Parallel - June 24, 1944 - no symbol. Also marked: Model sent to Prof. Hildebrandt.
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content: 21. PL II 2SL - Plane Parallel to Two Skew Lines - January 16, 1943
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content: 22. Two Lines Perpendicular to a Plane, Large Size - 2L [symbol for perpendicular] PL - January 13, 1945
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content: Numbers 1979.3002.106 thru 1979.3002.109 were removed from the same box.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts
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: 1979.3002.109
label: catalog number
content: 1979.3002.109
label: nonaccession number
content: 1979.3002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sheets and Patterns
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: tan (overall color)
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content: gold (overall color)
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content: silver (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 25 cm x 33 cm x 6 cm; 9 27/32 in x 13 in x 2 3/8 in