Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Plane Perpendicular to a Sphere
name: label: patantee
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
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 has a square base with a paper disc perpendicular to it. Two half-rings that fit perpendicular to the disc. A tag on the model reads: Pat 1,192,483. Another tag reads: PL[. . .] RS* . Inside the brackets in the last mark is a sign for perpendicular.
label: Description
content: No pattern found.
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
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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.304723.506
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.506
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: 7.5 cm x 7.8 cm x 10 cm; 2 15/16 in x 3 1/16 in x 3 15/16 in