Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Ten Regular Tetrahedra Inscribed in a Regular Dodecahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1918 07 02
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: Wheeler made several models of intersecting polyhedra, including this large tan paper cut and folded model showing the union of ten tetrahedra. The resulting surface could be inscribed in a regular dodecahedron.
label: Description
content: A mark reads: Ten Regular Tetrahedra Inscribed in a (/) Regular Dodecahedron (/) A. Harry Wheeler (/) July 2 1918.
label: Description
content: Compare 304723.223, MA.304723.229, and MA.304723.119. For a different compound of ten tetrahedra, see MA.304723.108.
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.304723.119
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.119
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 folded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 16.6 cm x 16.6 cm x 20 cm; 6 17/32 in x 6 17/32 in x 7 7/8 in