Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Transformable Pentagonal Prism
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This hollow wooden cut and glued oblique prism holds another wooden prism with ends. By sliding and reversing the inner solid, one can transform the oblique prism into a right prism.
label: Description
content: A mark reads: 159 (/) PR8.
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.304723.578
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.578
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, balsa (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 3.8 cm x 8 cm x 4.2 cm; 1 1/2 in x 3 5/32 in x 1 21/32 in