Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Two Angles and Two Planes
date: label: date made
content: ca 1945
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: To show relationships among planes and angles, A. H. Wheeler designed a series of what he called platform models. All of these had a rectangular platform, with other segments (often other rectangles) secured to it. This tan paper platform model shows two parallel planes cut by two planes that are at an angle to one another.
label: Description
content: A paper tag on the model reads: 2A-2PL*.
label: Description
content: For the pattern, see 1979.3002.109. The pattern is dated March 11, 1945, hence the rough date assigned to the model.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louise D. Campbell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0102.262
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0102.262
label: accession number
content: 1979.0102
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 7.1 cm x 11.5 cm; 2 3/4 in x 2 25/32 in x 4 17/32 in