Geometric Model by Michael Dipierro, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Union of Four Sphenoids
date: label: date made
content: 1935 04 29
name: label: teacher
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
label: maker
content: Dipierro, Michael
notes: label: Description
content: A sphenoid is a form of tetrahedron with triangular (but not ncessarily equilateral) sides. This paper model represents an intersection of four sphenoids. It has eight points on both the top on the bottom, corresponding to verticies of the sphenoids. A paper tag on the model reads: 361. Another mark on the object reads: No. 361 (/) MICHAEL DIPIERRO (/) APRIL 29, 1935.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
setName: label: See more items in
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.304723.190
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.190
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
label: Other Terms
content: Geometric Model; Polyhedron, Faceted
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 12.5 cm x 14.5 cm x 14.5 cm; 4 29/32 in x 5 23/32 in x 5 23/32 in