Geometric Model of A.H. Wheeler, Tetrakaidekahedron, Fifth Species
date: label: date made
content: 1932 07 16
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This tan cut and folded paper model includes six groups of faces in which four irregular heptagons surround the outside and four parallelograms are on the inside. The model also has eight groups of smaller faces that include three parallelograms each. A paper tag reads: RS 22. Another mark reads: Tetrakaidekahedron (/) Fifth Species (/) July-16-1932. Wheeler saw this model as building on an Archimedean solid.
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
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.304723.074
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.074
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: 17.5 cm x 18 cm x 18 cm; 6 7/8 in x 7 3/32 in x 7 3/32 in