Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Hexagon Transformable into a Equilateral Triangle, Plane Dissection
date: label: date made
content: ca 1932
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: The six pieces of this partially hinged dissection can be arranged either as a regular hexagon or an equilateral triangle.
label: Description
content: For a sketch of the mirror image of this dissection, see Wheeler's list of dissections under "Regular Hexagons" in 1979.3002.43 (folder 2). It is denoted as 6HF. For the drawing for the model, dated April 13, 1932, see 1979.3002.43, folder 1. There is another drawing, dated March 30, 1932, with pieces, in 1979.3002.53.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.304723.787 and MA.304723.792.
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
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content: Plane Dissections
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.304723.787
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.787
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
label: Other Terms
content: Dissection
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: turquoise (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut, glued and hinged (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1.5 cm x 17 cm x 15 cm; 19/32 in x 6 11/16 in x 5 29/32 in