Geometric Model by R. L. Curtis, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, One-Sided Polyhedron
date: label: date made
content: 1938 11 13
name: label: teacher
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
label: maker
content: Curtis, Robert L.
notes: label: Description
content: This cut, folded and glued paper model represents the union of four faceted octahedra or, to use Wheeler’s language, heptahedra (surfaces like MA.304723.380). A paper tag on the model reads: 692. A mark in pencil reads: Nov-14-1938.
label: Description
content: Wheeler described the model as a “group of four congruent heptahedra inscriptible in a regular tetrahedron.” He also assigned in the number M50.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: A.H. Wheeler, <I>Catalog of Models</I>, A. H. Wheeler Papers, Mathematics Collections, National Museum of American History.
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.304723.411
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.411
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
label: Other Terms
content: Geometric Model; One-Sided Polyhedron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 10.5 cm x 12.8 cm x 13.8 cm; 4 1/8 in x 5 1/32 in x 5 7/16 in