Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Equilateral Triangle with Inscribed Rectangle or Rhombus with Inscribed Rectangle, Plane Dissection
date: label: date made
content: ca 1932
label: date made
content: ca 1932 03 10
label: date made
content: c. 1932
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: The four pieces of this hinged dissection have plastic on both sides and a wooden core. They can be arranged as an equilateral triangle or a rhombus .The pieces on one side have smaller plastic parts on them so that the equilateral triangle and the rhombus both appear to have an inscribed rectangle
label: Description
content: A pattern for this model found in 1979.3002.55, folder 1, is dated March 10, 1932. See also 1979.3002.43, folder 2.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.304723.813 and MA.304723.814.
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.304723.815
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.815
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: hinged (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1.5 cm x 10 cm x 9 cm; 19/32 in x 3 15/16 in x 3 17/32 in