Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Sphere
date: label: date made
content: 1914
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: In this white paper model, three circular rings fit into two intersecting circles, creating a variety of arcs on a sphere. A mark on the model reads: Mathematical Model (/) or the Like (/) Filed Sept. 3, 1914 Serial No. 860,041. Another mark reads: Model for Fig. 8. A third mark reads: Albert Harry Wheeler (/) 8 Shawmut St. (/) Worcester, Mass.
label: Description
content: The model was the basis for Figure 8 of a patent Wheeler applied for in 1914 and received in 1916.
label: Description
content: For another model that served as the basis for a figure in that patent, see MA.304723.200.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Albert Harry Wheeler, "Mathematical Model," U.S. Patent 1,192,483, July 25, 1916.
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.304723.551
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.551
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 6.3 cm x 6.5 cm x 6.5 cm; 2 15/32 in x 2 9/16 in x 2 9/16 in