Geometric Model by Ralph Merritt, A Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Truncated Tetrahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1938
name: label: teacher
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
label: maker
content: Merritt, Ralph
notes: label: Description
content: Perpendicular cuts near the four vertices of a regular tetrahedron yields this model, a truncated tetrahedron. The faces of this wooden object are four equilateral triangles and four regular hexagons. A partly obliterated mark reads: 6 (/) R.M. (....) (/) (...) -28 – 38. This is Wheeler’s model 6..
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.304723.434
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.434
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, balsa (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: 5 cm x 7 cm x 6.5 cm; 1 31/32 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 9/16 in