Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Truncated Tetrahedron
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: Perpendicular cuts near the four vertices of a regular tetrahedron yields this model, a truncated tetrahedron. The faces of this object are four equilateral triangles (in red plastic) and four regular hexagons (in turquoise plastic). A paper tag reads: 74.
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.304723.213
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.213
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: turquoise (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 6.8 cm x 8 cm x 7.5 cm; 2 11/16 in x 3 5/32 in x 2 15/16 in