Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Regular Octahedron and Rhombic Dodecahedron, Dissected Polyhedron
date: label: date made
content: 1930 04 08
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This paper model of a dissected polyhedron consists of eight equal triangular pyramids arranged in the facets of a faceted regular octahedron to form a regular octahedron. If the pyramids are reversed, so that they point outward, one has a rhombic dodecahedron with eight hollow cells. Tthe two forms of the model are not congruent.
label: Description
content: This is Wheeler's model 787.
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: Dissected Polyhedra
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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.304723.320
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.320
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 folded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 10 cm x 11.5 cm x 13 cm; 3 15/16 in x 4 17/32 in x 5 1/8 in