Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Pentagonal Dodecahedron
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This white plastic cut and glued model has twelve faces that are V-shaped irregular pentagons. They are joined to form a symmetric figure with eight open triangular ends. A tag on the model reads: ED14r. Another tag reads: A. Harry Wheeler. Another mark reads: C→[infinity symbol]. This is part of a series of models Wheeler constructed on "the evolution of the dodecahedron."
label: Description
content: Compare MA.304723.512, MA.304723.514, and MA.304723.535.
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.304723.535
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.535
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 13.9 cm x 13.8 cm x 13.5 cm; 5 15/32 in x 5 7/16 in x 5 5/16 in