Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Stellated Icosahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1932 09 19
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This model has an underlying net of sixty transparent plastic quadrilaterals, arranged in groups of three. In the gaps between these quadrilaterals are twelve groups of five paper irregular quadrilaterals. Attached to the back of each of these paper quadrilaterals is a paper triangle. The triangles overlap with the plastic quadrilaterals to transform them into irregular hexagons. Hence, ignoring differences in materials, the faces of this surface are sixty irregular quadrliaterals and sixty irregular hexagons.
label: Description
content: A tag on the model reads: 424 (/) IC. Another mark reads: Sept 19-32.
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.304723.234
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.234
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 7.5 cm x 8.4 cm x 8 cm; 2 15/16 in x 3 5/16 in x 3 5/32 in