Geometric Model by F. Nilson, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Intersecting Cylinders (Ruled Surface)
date: label: date made
content: 1926 11
name: label: maker's teacher
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
label: maker
content: Nilson, F.
notes: label: Description
content: This tan paper cut and folded cubical framework has four faces that are squares and two that are open. Red threads join opposite square faces to form two perpendicular cylinders.
label: Description
content: A mark in ink on the model reads: F. Nilson Nov. 1926.
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.304723.572
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.572
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut, folded and sewn. (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 6.5 cm x 6.3 cm x 6.5 cm; 2 9/16 in x 2 15/32 in x 2 9/16 in