Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Truncated Cube
date: label: date made
content: 1931 10 31
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: The faces of this tan paper model are eight regular octagons and eight equilateral triangles. A mark on one octagons reads: 7 II (/) A. Harry Wheeler (/) Oct. 31, 1931 (/) Pat. 1292188. Wheeler considered the truncated cube as his model 7 and the second Archimedean solid.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1979.0102.007
label: accession number
content: 1979.0102
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0102.007
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm; 2 15/16 in x 2 15/16 in x 2 15/16 in