Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Ninth Stellation of the Icosahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1919 04 08
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This stellation of an icosahedron has twelve spikes, each with five sides. The paper model is cut and folded. Two paper tags give Wheeler’s number for the model, 368. A pencil mark reads: April (/) 8 (/) 1919. Another pencil mark reads: 366’8 (/) (368). Wheeler listed this model among his icosahedra as I5. Wenninger refers to it as the ninth stellation of the icosahedron.
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content: References:
label: Description
content: Magnus J. Wenninger, <I>Polyhedron Models</I>, Cambridge: The University Press, 1971, p. 55.
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
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content: Mathematical Association of America Objects
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Wheeler, A.H.. List of Wheeler Models
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.304723.204
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.204
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: 14 cm x 18 cm x 16 cm; 5 1/2 in x 7 3/32 in x 6 5/16 in