Geometric Model by Knowlton Rice, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Union of Two Pentagonal Pyramids
name: label: maker's teacher
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
label: maker
content: Rice, Knowlton
notes: label: Description
content: this cut and glued tan paper model represents the union of two right prisms with regular pentagons as bases. The pentagons face in opposite directions, with the apexes facing in opposite directions. A mark on the model reads: Knowlton Rice (/) Pentagonal dodecahedron.
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.304723.637
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.637
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 glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 8.5 cm x 10 cm x 9 cm; 3 11/32 in x 3 15/16 in x 3 17/32 in