Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Square Transformable into Parallelogram Transformable into Hexagon, Plane Dissection
date: label: date made
content: 1931-1932
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: The five pieces of this model can be arranged as a square, a parallelogram or a hexagon. A paper slip on the inside of the lid shows the solution. The pieces are stored in an aspirin container.
label: Description
content: In Wheeler's list of dissections, under 5HL, he lists a"Regular Hexagon into Square". However, there is not drawing of this model there. See 1979.3002.43 (folder 2). There is a drawing labeled 5HL, dated December 31, 1931, and showing this model in 1979.3002.43, folder 3. There is another sheet on this model in 1979.3002.53, but the model number is not given. There are two more drawings relating to this model in 1979.3002.55.
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
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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.304723.818
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.818
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: plastic (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: yellow (overall color)
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content: blue (overall color)
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content: green (overall color)
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content: red (overall color)
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content: cut (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: .8 cm x 6.4 cm x 5.1 cm; 5/16 in x 2 17/32 in x 2 in