Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Union of Four Cubes
date: label: date made
content: 1910-1949
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: Massachusetts high school teacher and model maker A. Harry Wheeler built several geometric models that represented the union of intersecting cubes. He described this model as “four cubes wrapped about a regular octahedron.” The paper pieces of the model are cut and folded to represent sections of blue, green, yellow, and white cubes. A sticker on the model reads: 94. This corresponds to an entry in Wheeler’s handwritten catalog of his models. He also numbered the model H18, as it was based on a six-sided figure or hexahedron.
label: Description
content: Compare model MA.304723.120, which is the same surface, made out of plastic.
label: Description
content: Wheeler lived from 1873 to 1950. Models made by him are marked with dates ranging from 1910 to 1949, hence the rough date assigned.
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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.304723.117
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.117
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
label: Other Terms
content: Geometric Model; Cubes, Union of 4
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
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content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 10.3 cm x 14 cm x 14 cm; 4 1/16 in x 5 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in