Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Hyperbolic Paraboloid
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This model of a ruled surface has a paper frame in the shape of a regular tetrahedron. Red threads join two edges and gold threads join two others, forming a hyperbolic paraboloid.
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.304723.482
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.482
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut, folded and sewn (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 7.3 cm x 8.7 cm x 7.8 cm; 2 7/8 in x 3 7/16 in x 3 1/16 in