Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Equilateral Triangle Transformable into a Hexagon with Hole, Plane Dissection
date: label: date made
content: ca 1931-1933
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This model has three triangular pieces, with black plastic on top and wood on the bottom. They can be arranged to form an equilateral triangle or hexagon with a hole in the shape of an equilateral triangle.
label: Description
content: The object is shown (with hole) as model 4HI in the list of "regular hexagons" in 1979.3002.43, folder 2. A drawing in 1979.3002.55 (folder 1) shows the model but does not give its name. A second drawing, dated April 21, 1931, is in the same folder and has the name designated.
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.304723.806
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.806
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: hinged (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1.5 cm x 15.2 cm x 13.5 cm; 19/32 in x 5 31/32 in x 5 5/16 in