Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Rhombitruncated Cuboctahedron
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: Cutting off the vertices of a polyhedron may create another polyhedron which has faces that are regular polygons. When solid angles of the figure are equal, and it is called a semi-regular solid. The ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes enumerated the eighteen regular and semi-regular solids, and they are known as Archimedean solids in his honor.
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content: This cut and glued tan plastic model has a total of twenty-six faces, including twelve squares, eight regular hexagons, and six regular octagons. Wheeler numbered it XIII among the Archimedean solids and 18 in his general numbering scheme. A mark on it reads: XIII (/) 18. Another mark reads: RS 13.
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content: Compare MA.304723.063 and 1979.0102.290.
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content: Reference:
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content: Magnus J. Wenninger, <I>Polyhedron Models</I>, Cambridge: The University Press, 1971, p. 29.
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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.304723.063
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.063
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
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content: tan (overall color)
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content: cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 8 cm x 8 cm x 8 cm; 3 5/32 in x 3 5/32 in x 3 5/32 in