Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Cube Transformable into a Cube, Dissected Polyhedron
date: label: date made
content: 1931 04
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This paper model of a dissected polyhedron consists of eight hinged congruent cubes, arranged to form a cube. Three faces of each cube are painted blue, three are tan. The pieces may be arranged to form a tan cube or a blue cube. This is Wheeler's model 788 of a reversible cube, dissected into eight congruent cubes. It is in a folded tan paper box.
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: Dissected Polyhedra
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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.304723.321
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.321
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: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 10.5 cm x 10.5 cm x 10.5 cm; 4 1/8 in x 4 1/8 in x 4 1/8 in