Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Two Intersecting Spherical Triangles
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This small tan paper model is cut, folded, and held together with tape. It shows two intersecting spherical triangles, one labeled “Triangle 1,” with vertices A, B, C; the other labeled “Triangle 2” with vertices A<sub>2</sub>, B<sub>2</sub>, and C<sub>2</sub>. The model is undated and has no Wheeler number.
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: Trigonometry
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Spherical Trigonometry
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.304723.509
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.509
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, folded and taped (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 2.7 cm x 4.5 cm x 5 cm; 1 1/16 in x 1 25/32 in x 1 31/32 in