Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Rhombicosidodecahedron
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: The ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes enumerated the eighteen regular and semi-regular solids, and they are known as Archimedean solids in his honor.
label: Description
content: This cut, folded, and taped brown paper model has a total of sixty-two faces; twenty triangles, thirty squares, and twelve hexagons. It is number XV among Wheeler's Archimedean solids and number 20 in his general list of models.
label: Description
content: A mark on the model reads: XV.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.304723.067, MA.304723.068, and 1979.0102.291.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Magnus J. Wenninger, <I>Polyhedron Models</I>, Cambridge: The University Press, 1971, p..28.
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
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: 1979.0102.291
label: accession number
content: 1979.0102
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0102.291
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm; 3 17/32 in x 3 17/32 in x 3 17/32 in