Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Union of Regular Octahedron and Cube Transformable Into Itself, Dissected Polyhedron
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This is a paper hinged model of a dissected polyhedron. It consists of six regular octahedra and eight six-sided figures. These may be arranged to form the union of a cube and a regular octahedron in two ways. One may have the faces of the cube are white and the faces of the octahedron red. Transformed the faces of the cube are blue sides and those of the octahedron are white.
label: Description
content: This is Wheeler's model 776.
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: Dissected Polyhedra
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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.304723.313
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.313
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 13.5 cm x 10 cm x 10.5 cm; 5 5/16 in x 3 15/16 in x 4 1/8 in