Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Union of Twelve Tetrahedra
date: label: date made
content: 1938 08 20
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This cut and glued tan paper model represents the union of twelve overlapping regular tetrahedra. It has four faces that have eight edges on the outside and an equilateral triangle in the middle; twelve faces that are parallelograms (three at each of four courners); and four regular hexagons on the inside. The entire model is inscriptible in a regular tetrahedron.
label: Description
content: A mark in pencil on the model reads: 12 Tetrahedra Inscriptible in (/) a Regular Tetrahedron (/) Aug. 20, 1938 (/) No 75. A paper tag reads: 75.
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.304723.108
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.108
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: 6.5 cm x 8 cm x 9 cm; 2 9/16 in x 3 5/32 in x 3 17/32 in