Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Bisected Octahedron, Dissected Polyhedron (Portion)
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This clear plastic model shows a regular octahedron bisected by a plane. The two resulting irregular octahedra both have four equilateral triangles, three quadrilaterals, and a regular hexagon as sides. One has a mark that reads: 141. One has fragment of a tag that reads: 1. It also has a mark that reads: 406.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.304723.133.
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.304723.126
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.126
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: green, transparent (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 9.5 cm x 7.3 cm x 7.3 cm; 3 3/4 in x 2 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in