Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Rhombic Dodecahedron Transformable into a Trapezohedron, Dissected Polyhedron
date: label: date made
content: 1930 01 31
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This paper model of a rhombic dodecahedron is divided into twelve hinged rhombic pyramids that fit around the outside and a central faceted rhombic dodecahedron. If the pyramids are turned outward,one has what Wheeler calls a trapezohedron with a cube inside it. Not all the space inside the trapezohedron is filled.
label: Description
content: There is a drawing in 1979.3002.40 that may relate to this model. It is dated March 28, 1930 (or 1936).
label: Description
content: This is one of Wheeler's earliest models of a dissected polyhedron. It is number 789 on his list of models.
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.304723.322
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.322
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: 10.5 cm x 12 cm x 12 cm; 4 1/8 in x 4 23/32 in x 4 23/32 in