Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Hexagon Transformable into a Rhombus, Plane Dissection
date: label: date made
content: ca 1932
label: date made
content: c. 1932
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: Thr four pieces of this hinged dissection can be arranged as a regular hexagon or as a rhombus.
label: Description
content: A drawing dated April 16, 1932 in 1979.3002.55, folder 1 shows this model. In his list of dissections, under "Regular Hexagons," Wheeler describes this model as "Hexagon into a Rhombus." He denotes it by 4HO.
label: Description
content: Another related drawing is in 1979.3002.43, folder 1.
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.304723.790
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.790
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
label: Other Terms
content: Dissection
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: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut, glued and hinged (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1.8 cm x 18.3 cm x 15.6 cm; 23/32 in x 7 7/32 in x 6 5/32 in