Ruled Surface, Tetrahedron Bisected by a Hyperbolic Paraboloid
date: label: date made
content: 1926
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This model has a cut and folded paper skeleton of an irregular tetrahedton as a framework. Two opposite sides are joined by red threads to form a hyperbolic paraboloid.
label: Description
content: A mark on the model reads: 468. Another mark reads: Tetrahedron Bisected by a Hyperbolic paraboloid (/) Dr. Harry Wheeler 1926.
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
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.304723.251
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.251
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
label: Other Terms
content: Geometric Model; Tetrahedron, Bisected by a Hyperbolic Hyperboloid; Ruled Surface
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut, folded & sewn (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 8.5 cm x 10.7 cm x 7 cm; 3 11/32 in x 4 7/32 in x 2 3/4 in