Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Triangle Transformable into a Quadrilateral, Plane Dissection
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: The four pieces of this hinged dissection may be arranged as an equilateral triangle or a quadrilateral.
label: Description
content: This appears to be model 8X in Wheeler's list of decompositions of polygons.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
label: associated place
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
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content: Plane Dissections
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.304723.751
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.751
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: purple (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: hinged (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1.1 cm x 10.2 cm x 9.2 cm; 7/16 in x 4 1/32 in x 3 5/8 in