Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Square Transformable into Two Squares, Plane Dissection
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This hinged model has three pieces (the blue and yelow plastic are attached to the same triangular base, while the red and white piedes are attached). It is not hinged. It can be arranged as one large square or two adjacent squares of different size.
label: Description
content: The case is marked in pencil on the bottom: De Morgan.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.304723.769 (a hinged version of the model with only three pieces) and and MA.304723.775 (this is not hinged).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
label: associated place
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.304723.770
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.770
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
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: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: unhinged (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 2.5 cm x 15.7 cm x 15.7 cm; 31/32 in x 6 3/16 in x 6 3/16 in