Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Tristetrahedron or Triakis Tetrahedron
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This colorful plastic model can be considered as an "augmented" regular tetrahedron - each face of the tetrhedron is replaced by three equal isoceles triangles that form a pyramid above the pyramid. Hende one has a twelve-sided figure.A mark on one face reads: 755. A tag on the same face reads: Dual (/) no. 6. The triakis tetrahdron is the dual of the truncated tetrahedron.
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.304723.286
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.286
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: turquoise (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 7 cm x 8 cm x 6.8 cm; 2 3/4 in x 3 5/32 in x 2 11/16 in