Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Regular Octahedron Escribed about a Concentric Octahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1931 01 08
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This paper model of a regular octahedron is cut and folded, with eight equilateral triangles for sides. A threaded needle passed through each vertex. By placing needles properly, one has an outer octahedron.
label: Description
content: A mark reads: Octahedron (/) Escribed (/) about Con [. . .] (/) Octahedron (/) Jan 8-1931.
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.304723.657
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.657
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut, folded and sewn (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 12.2 cm x 8 cm x 8 cm; 4 13/16 in x 3 5/32 in x 3 5/32 in