Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Pentagonal Dodecahedra in Icosahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1936 02 01
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: The outside of this model is a regular icosahedron made of transparent green plastic. Four disjoint polyhedra , each with twelve triangular faces, are inscribed in the icosahedron. These are made of paper.
label: Description
content: A mark on one face of the icosahedron reads: Pentagonal (/) Dodecahedron (/) Jan 29 - Feb 1 (/) 1936.
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.304723.490
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.490
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
label: Other Terms
content: Geometric Model; Pentagonal Dodecahedron in Icosahedron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 5.5 cm x 7 cm x 6 cm; 2 5/32 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in