Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Deltoid Dodecahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1934 03 13
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This cut and folded tan paper model has fourty-eight triangular faces and the symmetry of a tetrahedron. Six triangles replace the four sides and six triangles surround each of the four corners.
label: Description
content: A mark on the model reads: 627 (/) 628. Another mark reads; Deltoid (/) Dodecahedron (/) Second (/) Species. A third mark reads: March 13 1934.
label: Description
content: In his list of models, Wheeler also assigned this model the designation DD2.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: A.H. Wheeler, "List of Models," Mathematics Collections, Non-accession number 1979.3002.83, National Museum of American History.
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.304723.629
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.629
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: 8.8 cm x 11.5 cm x 12 cm; 3 15/32 in x 4 17/32 in x 4 23/32 in