Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Two Perpendicular Planes with a Line in One of Them Perpendicular to the Line of Intersection
date: label: date made
content: 1916
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: In this paper model, two intersecting rectangles are perpendicular to one another. A line on the vertical rectangle is perpendicular to the line of intersection of the rectangles.
label: Description
content: A mark on the model reads: Two Perpendicular Planes (/) with a Line in one of them (/) Perpendicular to the Line of Intersection (/) of the Planes (/) A. Harry Wheeler (/) 1916
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
setName: label: See more items in
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.304723.053
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.053
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: 7 cm x 11.5 cm x 7 cm; 2 3/4 in x 4 17/32 in x 2 3/4 in