Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, One-Sided Polyhedron
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This cut and glued white plastic model consists of four congruent polyhedra joined together along edges so as to form four symmetric six-sided holes. The constituent polyhedra each have
label: Description
content: Six triangles, three parallelepipeds, and six irregular quadrilaterals (arranged as in model MA.304723.397). A mark on the model reads: 697. A paper tag reads: M56.
label: Description
content: Wheeler described this model as “Four of 694b in four alternate quadrants of a Regular Octahedron.”
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content: Reference:
label: Description
content: A.H. Wheeler, <I>Catalog of Models</I>, A. H. Wheeler Papers, Mathematics Collections, National Museum of American History.
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.304723.408
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.408
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 10.7 cm x 13.7 cm x 12.6 cm; 4 7/32 in x 5 13/32 in x 4 31/32 in