Geometric Model by R. Tibbetts, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Right Pentagonal Prism Cut by A Plane
date: label: date made
content: 1938 05
name: label: maker's teacher
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
label: maker
content: Tibbetts, R.
notes: label: Description
content: This cut and glued wooden model shows a right pentagonal prism cut by a plane (represented by a rectangle). The rectangle slides up and down the prism.
label: Description
content: A mark on the model reads: 157 (/) PR 6. Another mark reads: R. TibbeTTs (/) MAY 1938.
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.304723.580
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.580
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
label: Other Terms
content: Geometric Model; Right Pentagonal Prism Cut by a Plane
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: 7.2 cm x 9.4 cm x 5.2 cm; 2 27/32 in x 3 11/16 in x 2 1/16 in