Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Rhombic Trapezoidal Dodecahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1931 06 06
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This cut and folded tan paper model has three points on the top and bottom, each surrounded by a quadrilateral and two triangles. Hence both the top and bottom have three quadrilaterals and six triangles. Around the middle are twelve trapezoids, each adjacent to two additional triangles. Many of these polygons are coplanar.
label: Description
content: A typed paper tag reads: DT 5. Another mark reads: 612 / 616 (/) DT 5. A third mark reads: Rhombic (/) Trapezoidal Dodecahedron (/) June-6-1931 (/) III Species.
label: Description
content: Two models from Wheeler, MA.304723.595 and 1979.0102.137, have tags that read DT 5. However, they are not identical.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louise D. Campbell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0102.137
label: accession number
content: 1979.0102
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0102.137
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.3 cm x 18.7 cm x 8.5 cm; 2 7/8 in x 7 3/8 in x 3 11/32 in