Geometrical Model by F. Townsend, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Regular Octahedron with Concentric Cube
date: label: date made
content: 1926 04 08
label: associated dates
content: 1926 04 08 / 1926 04 08
name: label: maker
content: Townsend, F.
notes: label: Description
content: Eight threaded needles bisect four edges of this tan paper model of a regular octahedron. When the needles are properly adjusted, the threads form the skeleton of a cube that circumscribes the octahedron.
label: Description
content: A mark in pen reads; F. Townsend (/) April 8, 1926.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
setName: label: See more items in
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.304723.686
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.686
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: string (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 cm x 8.5 cm x 6 cm; 1 31/32 in x 3 11/32 in x 2 3/8 in