Geometric Model by L. Durkee, Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Two Angular Segments
date: label: date made
content: 1914 11 30
name: label: teacher
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
label: maker
content: Durkee, L.
notes: label: Description
content: This is an early example of what A. H. Wheeler would come to call a platform model. All of these had a rectangular platform, with other segments (often other rectangles) secured to it. These other pieces sometimes penetrated the platform.
label: Description
content: In this model, the rectangular base has two adjacent arcs of circles on it. These are both divided into seven parts and subdivided into quarters in two of the parts. A ring is cut out of the base inside both of the arcs. A folded rectangle fits into each of the ring segments, and may be moved to indicate different angular openings.
label: Description
content: A mark on the bottom of the model reads: L. Durkee (/) Nov 30, '14. Another mark reads: VI-17/
label: Description
content: Not found in Wheeler's catlog of his models.
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.304723.055
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.055
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: 4.5 cm x 7.6 cm x 4.5 cm; 1 25/32 in x 3 in x 1 25/32 in