Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Perpendiculars to a Line
date: label: date made
content: ca 1945
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: To show relationships among planes and angles, A. H. Wheeler designed a series of what he called platform models. All of these had a rectangular platform, with other segments (often other rectangles) secured to it.
label: Description
content: This tan paper model shows the intersection of four planes. Two planes are movable, three are perpendicular to the base.
label: Description
content: A tag on the model reads: PRP-L*. Another tag reads: Pat 1, 192, 483.
label: Description
content: For related pattern see 1979.3002.109.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: A. H. Wheeler, "Blank for Forming Hollow Polyhedrons," U.S. Patent 1,292,188, January 21, 1919. This model is not shown in the patent drawings.
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
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: 1979.0102.268
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0102.268
label: accession number
content: 1979.0102
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.3 cm x 11.6 cm x 7.1 cm; 3 9/32 in x 4 9/16 in x 2 25/32 in