Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Pentagonal Dodecahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1935 11 30
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This tan cut, folded and glued paper model appears to be eight polyhedra arranged about a common hole. The top and bottom polyhedra both have twelve faces - six larger triangles on the outside and six small triangles on the inside. The six-sided polyhedra all have five faces - an irregular quadrilateral on the inside and two larger triangles and two smaller triangles on the outside. Several of the faces are coplanar. A mark on the model reads: Pentagonal (/) Dodecahedron (/) Nov 30 1935.
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.304723.485
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.485
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 6 cm x 7 cm x 8.7 cm; 2 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 3 7/16 in