Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Equilateral Triangle Transformable into a Hexagon with Hole, Plane Dissection
date: label: date made
content: ca 1931-33
label: date made
content: ca 1931 -1933
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: The three pieces of this hinged dissection can be arranged to form an equilateral triangle or a into a hexagon with a hole in the shape of an equilateral triangle.
label: Description
content: With a second model of an equilateral triangle, this is Wheeler's model 4HI, a hexagon transformable into two equilateral triangles or a rhombus. This is in Wheeler's list of dissections, 1979.3002.43, folder 2. There is a drawing in 1979.3002.55 (folder 1), but the name is not designated on the drawing. There is a second drawing with the name designated in the same folder, dated April 21, 1931.
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
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content: Plane Dissections
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.304723.807
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.807
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: hinged (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1.5 cm x 9 cm x 8 cm; 19/32 in x 3 17/32 in x 3 5/32 in