Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Symmetrical Icosahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1934 03 26
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This cut, folded, and glued tan paper model has on the exterior six small four-sided figures, with equal triangles as sides. It also has twelve larger eight-sided figures. The two parts of each of these larger figures are mirror images. Each figure has a total of four quadrilateral in two sizes and four triangles in two sizes. A mark in pencil reads: Symmetrical (/) Icosahedron (/) III Species (/) March-26-1934. Another mark reads: No. 412.
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.304723.608
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.608
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 glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 9 cm x 10 cm x 10.5 cm; 3 17/32 in x 3 15/16 in x 4 1/8 in