Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, One-Sided Polyhedron
date: label: date made
content: 1929 12 28
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This cut and folded paper model is in the shape of a regular octahedron with eight triangular facets, one cut out of the center of each side. A mark on the model reads; Dec 28 (/) 1929. Another mark reads: No 666. Wheeler described the model as: "One -Sided Polyhedron Consisting of 6 Regular Octahedra cut from a Regular Octahedron." He gave the model his number M25.
label: Description
content: Compare model MA.304723.389.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: A.H. Wheeler, <I>Catalog of Models</I>, A. H. Wheeler Papers, Mathematics Collections, National Museum of American History.
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.304723.395
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.395
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: 6.5 cm x 8 cm x 9 cm; 2 9/16 in x 3 5/32 in x 3 17/32 in