Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Irregular Octahedron (Portion of a Dissected Regular Dodecahedron)
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This green, red, black and blue plastic model of an irregular octahedron is part of Wheeler's model 771, what he described as a "rhombic dodecahedron transformed inoto a regular pentagonal dodecahedron and an eight-pointed star dodecahedron." Six models like this one may be arranged to form a regular pentagonal dodecahedron. Such pieces are 1979.0102.317, 1979.0102.318, 1979.0102.336, 1979.0102.337, 1979.0102.338, and 1979.0102.339. The eight-pointed dodecahedron is 1979.0102.340.
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
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: 1979.0102.317
label: accession number
content: 1979.0102
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0102.317
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.5 cm x 6.2 cm x 6.2 cm; 2 5/32 in x 2 7/16 in x 2 7/16 in