Geometrical Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Regular Tetrahedron with Needles and Thread
date: label: date made
content: 1930 12 27
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: Each face of thiscut and folded tan paper model or a regular tetrahedron has a needle sticking into one edge and coming out on the face. Some needles contain remnants of thread. An arc - roughly in the shape of a parabola - in drawn in pencil on each face, apart from the needle. Several vertices are lettered. A mark in pencil reads: Dec-27-1930.
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.304723.683
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.683
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 5.5 cm x 9 cm x 5.5 cm; 2 5/32 in x 3 17/32 in x 2 5/32 in