Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Equilateral Triangle Transformable into Square, Plane Dissection
date: label: date made
content: ca 1932
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: The four pieces of this model may be arranged as a square or and equilateral triangle. The container is a reused aspirin tin. A drawing in 1979.3002.53 dated January 5, 193? refers to this model as 4C. This small version of the model does not have hinges. It is stored in a metal case marked: ASPIRIN.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.304723.764, MA.304723.819, MA.304723.766, and MA.304723.823.
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.304723.823
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.823
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .8 cm x 4.7 cm x 3.5 cm; 5/16 in x 1 27/32 in x 1 3/8 in