Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Triangle Transformable into Trapezoid, Plane Dissection (Portion)
date: label: date made
content: ca 1932 04 02
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This hinged dissection has two triangular pieces that may be arranged as a triangle or a quadrilateral.
label: Description
content: There is a model of a partially hinged dissection of a triangle with its medians which Wheeler variously designated 6K and 12TD. It consisted of six pieces which arrange to form a triangle. Models MA.304723.745, MA.304723.746 and 1979.0102.189 are the pieces of this model.
label: Description
content: A drawing ot 12TD, dated April 2, 1932, is in 1979.3002.55 (folder 1).
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: Plane Dissections
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: 1979.0102.189
label: accession number
content: 1979.0102
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0102.189
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.5 cm x 11.5 cm x 1.3 cm; 2 15/16 in x 4 17/32 in x 1/2 in