Geometric Model by Earl Merritt, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Hexagonal Antiprism
date: label: date made
content: 1938 05 02
notes: label: Description
content: This cut and glued tan balsa model has a regular hexagon for the top and for the bottom and twelve slender triangles for sides.The side triangles have their bases on alternate hexagons.
label: Description
content: A mark on the model reads: Earl Merritt (/) May 2, 1938 (/) 167 (/) PR16.
label: Description
content: Compare 304723.146, 1979.0102.345, and 1979.0102.346.
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: 1979.0102.346
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0102.346
label: accession number
content: 1979.0102
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, balsa (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut & glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 8.5 cm x 5 cm x 5 cm; 3 11/32 in x 1 31/32 in x 1 31/32 in