Sheets Relating to the Work of A. Harry Wheeler
date: label: date made
content: 1927-1939
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: Objects 1979.3002.44-1979.3002.48 were all removed from the same package.
label: Description
content: These drawings and notes relate to the following models made and topics discussed by A. Harry Wheeler:
label: Description
content: 1. tetrahedron inscribed octahedron - 1930
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content: 2. group of four congruent tetrahedra inscriptible in a regular tetrahedron - 1938
label: Description
content: 3. five intersecting tetrahedra
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content: 4. several sheets relating to eight octahedra insciptible in an octahedron or in a cube - 1931 - includes patterns
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content: 5. sheets relating to tetrahedron inscribed in tetrahedron - labeled "Final Copy."
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content: 6. sheets relating to "Ponsots Polyhedra" - relate to spherical geometry - no date
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content: 7. set of sheets labeled: Outline (/) Charlottesville Va. - relates to inscribed polyhedra
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content: 8. several platform models - no dates or numbers
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content: 9. notes on cube in octahedron
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content: 10. sheet with drawing for model of six cubes inscribed in an octahedron (celluloid-thread model) - Decenber 1939
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content: 11. tetrahedra and trihedral angles (no drawings or patterns)
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content: 12, rational tetrahedron with minimal edge sum - August 23 - 1934
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content: 13, equifocal tetrahedron - August 23, 1934 - plastic model December 30, 1939
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content: 14. tetrahedron - December 30, 1939
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content: 15. Rational Isoceles Tetrahedron - August 25-1934
label: Description
content: 16. trihedral angles - with pattern pieces, reference to de la Gournerie
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
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: 1979.3002.047
label: catalog number
content: 1979.3002.047
label: nonaccession number
content: 1979.3002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sheets, Group of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 25 cm x 37.5 cm x 2 cm; 9 27/32 in x 14 3/4 in x 25/32 in