Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Right Traingle and One Square Transformable into Right Triangle and Two Squares - Pythagorean Theorem, Plane Dissection
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: These seven plastic pieces can be arranged to form one large or two small squares, adjoining a right triangle. A diagram showing the solution is on paper sheet in the lid of metal case originally used to store medicine. A mark on the case reads: COLDS AND LA GRIPPE.
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content: This is a proof of the Pythagorean theorem by the Indian mathematician Bhaskara. On Wheeler's list of decompositions of polygons, this is 3Y.
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
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content: Plane Dissections
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.304723.820
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.820
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: plastic (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: yellow (overall color)
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content: black (overall color)
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content: cut (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: .8 cm x 6.4 cm x 5 cm; 5/16 in x 2 17/32 in x 1 31/32 in