Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Faceted Polyhedron Inscribed in Regular Tetrahedron
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: AThe inner part of this model is a white plastic surface with four nonagons, twelve hexagons, and twelve rectangles. It is inscribed in a regular tetrahedron. The nonagons of the inner model overlap with faces of the tetrahedron, the hexagons are arranged in groups of three faceing vertices of the tetrahedron, and the rectangles are arranged in groups of two facing edges of the tertahedron.
label: Description
content: The nonagram faces look like those shown in a drawing in 1979.3002.47 that is labeled: "Group of Five Congruent Tetrahedra Inscribed in a Regular Tetrahedron."
label: Description
content: A mark in ink on the model reads: 70. A typed pare tag reads: 70 (/) 12HT.
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: 1979.0102.311
label: accession number
content: 1979.0102
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0102.311
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.2 cm x 10.5 cm x 10.5 cm; 4 13/16 in x 4 1/8 in x 4 1/8 in