Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Rhombitruncated Cuboctahedron
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: Cutting off the vertices of a polyhedron may create another polyhedron which has faces that are regular polygons. When solid angles of the figure are equal, and it is called a semi-regular solid. The ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes enumerated the eighteen regular and semi-regular solids, and they are known as Archimedean solids in his honor.
label: Description
content: This cut and taped brown paper model has a total of twenty-six faces, including twelve squares, eight regular hexagons, and six regular octagons. Wheeler numbered it XIII among the Archimedean solids and 18 in his general numbering scheme.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.304723.063 and 1979.0102.290.
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content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Magnus J. Wenninger, <I>Polyhedron Models</I>, Cambridge: The University Press, 1971, p. 29.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louise D. Campbell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0102.290
label: accession number
content: 1979.0102
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0102.290
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 7.7 cm x 7.7 cm; 3 5/32 in x 3 1/32 in x 3 1/32 in