Documentation and Pattern for Geometric Models of A. Harry Wheeler - Dissections
date: label: date made
content: 1932-1939
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: These paper materials have drawings and patterns for models constructed by A. Harry Wheeler and his students. Included here are:
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content: 1. two sheets with drawings labeled: 146. One (which has two drawings) is also marked: Robert L. Curtis (/) August 1, 1938. On the back of these sheets are two drawings, one labeled: RICHARD HOLL 3-3.
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content: 2. sheet of drawings entitled (faintly): Regular Tetrahedron. . . . There also is a faint date: April 22, 1932.
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content: 3. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads; Rhombic Dodecahedron Convertible (/) into a Pentagonal Dodecahedron. Another mark reads: Feb 28, 1939 (/) Pyralin Model (/) made March 9, 1939.
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content: 4. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads; Cube dissected into a (/) Cuboctahedron. Another moark reads: Feb21-1939.
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content: 5. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Pair-a-Dice (/) New Standard Size (/) Allow for thickness (/) of Pyralin. Another mark reads: Model made April 9, 1939 (/) March 1 - 1939.
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content: 6. sheet with drawing for a geometric model, with pattern piece.. A mark reads: Rhombic Dodecahedra (/) II Species (/) (Space Fillers) (/) (Six Colors). Another mark reads: April 16, 1939 (/) Pyralin model (/) made April 16, 1939.
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content: 7. seven sheets with drawings for a geometric model. A mark on the first sheet reads: Cube Dissected into Two Congruent Cubes (/) Sheet 1. Another mark on the first sheet reads: March 13, 1939 (/) Pyralin modle (/) made. Other sheets are marked: Sheet 2, etc.
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content: 8. sheet with a drawing for a geometric model and a pattern piece. A mark on the sheet reads: Cube into a Regular Octahedron (/) and Conversely. Another mark reads: March 26, 1939. A celluloid pattern piece is clipped to the sheet
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content: 9. sheet with a drawing for a geometric model. A mark reads: No. 1. Another mark reads: March 10, 1939 (/) Pyralin Model (/) Made March 18m 1939.
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content: 10. sheet with drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Regular Octahedron into a (/) Cube. Another mark reads: March 10, 1939.
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content: 11. sheet with drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Cube with Four Rhombic (/) Octahedra. Another mark reads: March 18, 1939.. On same page is a drawing labeled: Triangles for the (/) Foundation Stella Octungula.
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content: 12.four sheets of drawings from a geometric model. The first one is marked: Cube ABCD Separated into (/) Eight Cubes (/) Part of Cube - Rhombic Dodecahedron II Species (/) - Rhombic Dodechahedron I Species (/) - Two Cubes. Another mark on this page reads: Pyralin Model (/) made April 7, 1939.
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content: 13. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Rhombic Dodecahedron into a (/) Right Prism (/) (Double Cube). Another mark reads: April 29, 1939.
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content: 14, sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Oblique Parallelopiped Transformable into (/) a Right Prism. Another mark reads: April 26, 1939.
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content: 15. two sheets of drawings relating to a geometric model. A mark reads: Two Cubes Dissected fo form (/) a Rhombic Dodecahedron. Another mark reads: April
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content: 16. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: No. 1. Another mark reads: Cube with Four Removable (/) Octahedra. Another mark reads: March 12, 1938.
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content: 17. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Cube Dissected into a Cuboctahedron (/) and an Octahedron. Another mark reads: May 14, 1939. Another mark reads: Pyralin Model (/) made May 16, 1939
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content: 18. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Octahedron Dissected (/) into a Tetrakaidekahedron. Another mark reads: Feb 21-1939 (/) Pyralin Model (/) made Feb 22, 1939.
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content: 19. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Regular Tetrahedron (/) Dissected into (/) Four Regular Octahedra and (/) Eleven Regular Tetrahedra. Another mark reads: Feb 28,1939 (/) Pyralin model (/) made Feb 27, 1939
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content: 20. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Regular Octahderon (/) Dissected showing (/) Hexagonal Sections. Another mark reads: Feb 21, 1939 (/) Pyralin (/) Model made.
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content: 21. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Rhombic Dodecahedron (/0 Dissected (/) White and Blue. Another mark reads: Feb 25, 1939 (/) Model made (/) Feb 28. 1939 (/) New Standard Size.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louise D. Campbell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.3002.042
label: nonaccession number
content: 1979.3002
label: catalog number
content: 1979.3002.042
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sheets, Group of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: plastic (overall material)
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content: tan (overall color)
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content: green (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: .5 cm x 24 cm x 32 cm; 3/16 in x 9 7/16 in x 12 19/32 in