Geometric Model by R. N. S. Merritt, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Four Octahedra Inscriptible in an Octahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1938 03 31
name: label: maker's teacher
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
label: maker
content: Merritt, R. N. S.
notes: label: Description
content: This wooden model of the union of four octahedra has three nine-sided faces, three large triangular faces, and twelve small triangular faces. It isInscriptible in tetrahedron. A paper tag on the model reads: O 13. Another paper tag reads: R.N.S. Merritt (/) Mar 31, 1938. A mark in pencil above this tag reads: 151.
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.304723.576
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.576
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: 7.6 cm x 9.2 cm x 11 cm; 3 in x 3 5/8 in x 4 11/32 in