Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Rhombic Dodecahedron Transformable into Itself, Dissected Polyhedron
date: label: date made
content: 1930 02 05
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This hinged dissected polyhedron is a tan paper model of a rhombic dodecahedron that transforms into itself. It is made up of six octahedra.
label: Description
content: This is one of Wheeler's early models of a dissected polyhedron. It is number 768 on his list of polyhedra.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.304723.290 and MA.304723.303.
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.304723.303
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.303
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: 13.8 cm x 11.2 cm x 15.5 cm; 5 7/16 in x 4 13/32 in x 6 3/32 in