Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, One-Sided Polyhedron
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This transparent plastic model consists of three intersecting hollow U-shaped figures. The sides of the model are squares, rectangles, and U-shaped hexahedra. One end of each U is missing a square and open. One figure is labeled: A. The second is labeled: B. The third is labeled: C. A mark on the model reads: 676 (/) M35.
label: Description
content: According to the maker, A. Harold Wheeler, this is a one-sided surface designed by Phillip Franklin. Franklin (1898-1965) was an American mathematician who taught at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1924 until 1964.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: A.H. Wheeler, <I>Catalog of Models</I>, A. H. Wheeler Papers, Mathematics Collections, National Museum of American History.
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.304723.399
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.399
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 7.8 cm x 7.8 cm x 7.8 cm; 3 1/16 in x 3 1/16 in x 3 1/16 in