Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Dissected Cube that, with a Second Cube, IsTransformable Into a Pentagonal Dodecahedron?, Dissected Polyhedron
date: label: date made
content: 1930 04 02
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This folded paper model is a dissected cube. It contains within it an eight-pointed star and six five-sided polyhedra. The five-sided polyhedra are hinged and may be rearranged to form a regular dodecahedron less a cube in the center, a pentagonal dodecahedron and an eight-pointed star. The model fits snugly in a paper box, folded in the shape of a cube. Another cube that would fit into the center is MA.304723.298. Hence, combining MA.304723.312 and MA.304723.298, one has two cubes that may be rearranged to form a regular dodecahedron, a pentagonal dodecahedron, and an eight-pointed star.
label: Description
content: This is Wheeler's model 766. Compare MA.304723.298 and MA.304723.312.
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: Dissected Polyhedra
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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.304723.312
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.312
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: 8 cm x 8 cm x 8 cm; 3 5/32 in x 3 5/32 in x 3 5/32 in