Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Collapsible Oblate Spheroid
date: label: date made
content: 1916-01-09
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This collapsible paper geometric model has a ring at the center that holds six ellipses folded in half to form an oblate spheroid. It is marked: 574. Wheeler would take out a patent for models of this type.
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.304723.348
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.348
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: 3 cm x 5.5 cm x 5.5 cm; 1 3/16 in x 2 5/32 in x 2 5/32 in