Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Symmetrical Icosahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1934 03 31
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This complex cut, folded and glued tan paper model may be described as an arrangement of three sets of faces. These are:
label: Description
content: 1. points of a twelve-pointed star, with each point surrounded by five polygons (a quadrilateral, two triangles of one size, and two triangles of another size.
label: Description
content: 2. eight faceted figures in which tree quadrilaterals face inward and nine triangles are around the outside of each figure.
label: Description
content: 3. six twelve-sided figures, each with eight small triangles and four smaller irregular triangles
label: Description
content: A paper tag reads: 413. A mark in pencil reads: Symmetrical (/) Icosahedron (/) Fourth (/) Species. Another mark reads: March 31 (/) 1934.
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.304723.240
label: catalog number
content: 304723.240
label: accession number
content: 304723
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: 11.5 cm x 14 cm x 14 cm; 4 17/32 in x 5 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in