Patterns for Geometric Models of A. Harry Wheeler
date: label: date made
content: 1913-1940
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
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content: This brown file folder holds patterns and drawings for a variety of geometric models. Many are loose. Included are:
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content: 1. folded sheet with pattern drawn on it. This is labeled: Triangular Prism (/) Separated into Three (/) Triangular Pyramids (/) Prop 18. It also is labeled: Model 45. It also is labeled: April-9-1916
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content: 2. sheet with pattern drawn on it,; labeled: Bisected Octahedron. Other mark: Oct17-1931 (?)
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content: 3. sheet with pattern drawn on it; labeled: 137. Also labeled: Frustum (Full Liner).
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content: 4, sheet with pattern drawn on it. This appears to be a pattern for a hexagonal prism. It has no title or date.
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content: 5. sheet with pattern drawn on it . This appears to be a pattern for a hexagonal prism. It has no title or date.
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content: 6. sheet with pattern drawn on it . This appears to be a pattern for a hexagonal prism, with irregular hexagons for ends.. It has no title or date.
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content: 7. sheet with pattern drawn on it . This appears to be a pattern for an oblique hexagonal prism, with irregular hexagons for ends. A label reads: Oblique Prism (/) Base Given. Another mark reads: Nov-22-1926.
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content: 8. sheet with pattern drawn on it . This appears to be a pattern for an oblique hexagonal prism, with irregular hexagons for ends. A label reads: Oblique Prism (/) Base Given. Another mark reads: Nov-22-1926.
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content: 9. sheet with pattern drawn on it . This appears to be a pattern for an oblique hexagonal prism, with irregular hexagons for ends. A label reads: Oblique Prism (/) Base Given. Another mark reads: Nov-22-1926.
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content: 10. sheet with pattern drawn on it. A label reads: Regular Tetrahedron (/) (Frame for String Models) (/) Makes 3" Models. Another mark reads: Sept-6-1926.
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content: 11, sheet with pattern drawn on it. A mark reads: Oblique Prism (/) Right Section - Regular Hexagon. Another mark reads: Nov-7-1926 (/) OK
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content: 12. sheet with pattern drawn on it - no marks
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content: 13. sheet with pattern drawn it. A mark reads; Cube Inscribed in a Cube. Another mark reads: Sept 7-1940.
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content: 14, sheet with drawing for pattern fit into it. A mark on the drawing reads: Embossed (?) Star Dodecahedron (/) 6 Piece Construction (/) Try "Wedge Octahedron Sets[?] (/) Dece 26, 1926
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content: 15. sheet with drawing of fiive quadrilaterals between two parallel lines.
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content: 16. Four drawings of ellipses, one with an intersecting ellips. A mark reads; April 27, 1938.
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content: 17. sheet with pattern drawn on it. Marke: Heptahedron (/) for [. . .} (/) Transparent Pyralin. Another mark reads: August 17, 1940 (/) Model Made (/) Aug. 17, 1940.
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content: 18. sheet with pattern drawn on it. One part of drawing says: Make 24. The other part says: Make 6.
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content: 19. sheet with pattern drawn on it. A mark reads: Soap Film Tetrakaidekahedron April 9, 1939 (/) New Standard Size (/) Pyralin Model (/) Made April 110, 1939.
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content: 20. sheet with pattern drawn (faintly) on it . A mark reads: Dodecahedron [?] Truncated (/) May 16-1916 (/) Model made by (/) Hobart Whitman (/) May 21-1919
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content: 21. sheet with pattern drawn on it. A mark reads: Dodecahedron Truncated. Another mark reads; May 16-1919
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content: 22. sheet with pattern drawn on it. A mark reads; Reconstruction of First "Star Polyhedron" (/) made by Jamnitzer. Based on the "StellaOctungula." Another mark reads; April 9, 1940.
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content: 23. sheet with three patterns drawn on it - Rhombic Dodecahedron Circumscribed (/) about a Cube and an Octahedron. Another mark reads: June 13, 1939.
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content: 24. sheet with five pattern pieces drawn on it. A mark reads: : Icosahedron (/) AHW. Another mark reads: Icosahedron (/) -----1935 (/) Feb 20, 1940.
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content: 25. sheet with three drawings on it. A mark reads: Intersecting Rhombic Dodecahedron (/) and tetrakaidekahedron. Another mark reads: June 25, 1940.
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content: 26. sheet with two drawings on it. One says: Make 6. The other says: Make 1. Might be a collabsible model of a sphere.
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content: 27. sheet with pattern drawn on il. A mark reads: Sample.
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content: 28. sheet with drawing for a model fit into it. A mark reads: 5 Intersecting Octahedra. Another mark reads: Make 12.
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content: 29. sheet with drawing for a model, possibly cube.
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content: 26. sheet with two pattern pieces drawn on it. One says: Make 6. The other says: Make 1. Might be a collapsible model of a sphere.
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content: 27. sheet with pattern drawn on it. A mark reads: Sample.
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content: 28. sheet with drawing of pattern for a model fit into it. A mark reads: 5 Intersecting Octahedra. Another mark reads: Make 12.
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content: 29. sheet with drawing for a model pattern, possibly for a cube.
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content: 30. sheet with drawing on it – inscribed pentagon
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content: 31. sheet with drawings on it – inscribed pentagons
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content: 32. sheet with drawings for pattern. A mark reads: Supplementary Trihedral Angles (/) Dec-28-1914
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content: 33. sheet with drawing for pattern. A mark reads: Cornucopia Icosahedron (/) May 17-1919 (/) Model made Jun 19-1919
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content: 34. sheet with drawing for pattern. A mark reads: Cornucopia Icosahedron (/) May 17-1919 (/) Model made Jun 19-1919
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content: 35. sheet with drawing for a pattern of a stellation, with no marks.
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content: 36. sheet with drawing in ink inside an equilateral triangle – no marks
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content: 37. sheet with drawing inside an equilateral triangle. A mark reads: Spare.
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content: 38. sheet with three drawings for a pattern. A mark reads: Polar Triangles.
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content: 39. sheet with drawing marked: Protractor and Square. Also marked: Normal set. Also marked: May-19-1916.
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content: 40. sheet with drawing of pattern. A mark reads: Regular Tetrahedron. Another mark reads: Normal Set (/) Model 2. A third mark reads: May-10-1916.
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content: 41. sheet with drawing for a pattern. A mark reads: Frustum of Pyramid (/) Two Sheets. Another mark reads: Normal Set (/) Model 8. Another mark reads: May 15, 1916.
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content: 42. sheet with drawing for a pattern. A mark reads: Right Triangular Pyramid (/) Two Sheets. Another mark reads; Normal Set (/) Model 10. Another mark reads: Aug-13-1916.
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content: 43. sheet with two drawings for a pattern. A mark readsl II Regular Tetrahedron. Another mark reads: Model 54. Another mark reads: April-8-1916.
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content: 44. sheet with two drawings for a pattern. A mark reads: April-22-1916.
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content: 45. sheet with drawing for a pattern. A mark reads: April-22-1916.
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content: 46. sheet with drawing for a pattern. A mark reads: Right Prism. Another mark reads: Normal Set (/) Model 3. Another mark reads: May-10-1914.
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content: 47. sheet with drawing for a pattern. A mark reads: Oblique Prism. Another mark reads: Normal Set (/) Model 5. Another mark reads: May-13-1916.
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content: 48. sheet with drawing for a pattern. A mark reads: Right Triangular Prism. Another mark reads: Normal Set (/) Model 4. Another mark reads: May-10-1916.
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content: 49. sheet with drawing for a pattern. A mark reads: Cube. Another mark reads: Normal Set (/) Model 1. Another mark reads: May-10-1916.
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content: 50. sheet with drawing for a pattern. A faint mark reads: Collapsible Octahedron. Another mark reads: April-20-1931 (/) Feb-19-1927.
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content: 50. sheet with drawing for a pattern. A faint mark reads: Collapsible Octahedron. Another mark reads: April-20-1931 (/) Feb-19-1927.
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content: 51. sheet with drawing for a pattern. A mark reads: Oblique Prism (/) Right Section Given. Another mark reads: Nov-7-1926 (/) O.K.
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content: 52. sheet with drawing for a pattern. A mark reads: Oblique Hexagonal Prism (/) Base Given. Another mark reads: Nov-21-1926 (/) O.K.
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content: 53. sheet with drawing for a pattern. A mark reads: Oblique Prism (/) Given Right Section – Regular Hexagon. Another mark reads: Nov-7-1926 (/) O.K. (/) Approved.
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content: 54. sheet with drawing for a pattern. Two marks read: observe.
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content: 55. sheet with drawing for a pattern of a regular octahedron.
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content: 56. sheet with drawing for a pattern of a regular octahedron.
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content: 57. sheet with drawing for a pattern of a regular octahedron. A mark reads: Regular Octahedron.
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content: 58. sheet with drawing for a pattern of a regular tetrahedron.
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content: 59. sheet with drawing for a model of a regular tetrahedron. A mark reads: Regular Tetrahedron (/) Median Locks. Another mark reads: 1926.
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content: 61. sheet with drawing for a model of a cube.
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content: 62. sheet with drawing for a model of a cube. A mark reads: Cube (/) Try for Skeleton Cube. Another mark reads: April-20-1923.
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content: 63. sheet with drawing for a model of a cube.
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content: 64. sheet with drawing fpr a pattern of a model. A mark reads: Make 2.
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content: 65. sheet with drawing of pattern for a geometric model. A mark reads: Point of a Pentagonal Dodecahedron April-12-1931.
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content: 66. sheet with drawing of a regular hexagon. A mark reads: Tetrakaidekahedron. Another mark reads: April-10-1931.
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content: 67. sheet with drawing for a pattern of an icosahedron. A mark reads: Collapsible Icosahedron (/) (Small Size). Another mark reads: July (2/5) 1932.
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content: 68. sheet has a drawing for a geometric model. A mark reads: Collapsible Icosahedron. Another mark reads: July.2-1932.
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content: 69. sheet has a drawing for a pattern of a cube. A mark reads: Cube. Another mark reads: Approved.
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content: 70. sheet has drawing for a pattern of a hexagonal prism. A mark reads: Oct-19-1926.
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content: 71. sheet has drawing for pattern of a model. A mark reads: 785 (/) ?. Another mark reads: Cube Suspended in Cube (/) Convertible into Snubbed Rhombic Dodecahedron (/) “Soap Film” Model. Another mark reads: Aprill-9-1931.
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content: 72, sheet gas drawing for a model of a regular tetrahedron.
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content: 73. sheet has faint drawing of a pattern for a model. A mark reads: Duplicate.
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content: 74. sheet has drawing of pattern for a geometric model. A mark reads: Five Intersecting Octahedra.
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content: 75. sheet has drawing for a geometric model. Large round hole cut out of it. Mark reads: Dec-10-1927 (/) Five Cubes Inscribed . . . cahedron.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
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: 1979.3002.039
label: catalog number
content: 1979.3002.039
label: nonaccession number
content: 1979.3002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Patterns, Group of in Notebook
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: tan (overall color)
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content: brown (overall color)
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content: drawn (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 3.5 cm x 24 cm x 32 cm; 1 3/8 in x 9 7/16 in x 12 19/32 in