Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Transformation of Two Equal Rhombic Dodecahedra into Rhombic Dodecahedron of the Second Species, Dissected Polyhedron (Portion)
date: label: date made
content: 1930 01 31
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This dissected hinged paper model of a rhombic dodecahedron is divided into twelve equal pyramids with bases athat are rhombuses (and faces of the dodecahedron). Rearranged, the pyramids become the points of what Wheeler calls a rhombic dodecahedron of the second species. Taken with a second rhombic docahedron of this type, it becomes an entire rhombic dodecahedron of the second species. The second rhombic dodecahedron is 1979.0102.131. Hence the two models together form a transformation of two equal rhombic dodecahedra into a rhombic dodecahedron of the second species.
label: Description
content: This is one of Wheeler's earliest dated dissected polyhedra. It has his number 781.
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: Dissected Polyhedra
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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.304723.325
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.325
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 folded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 11 cm x 13.5 cm x 13.5 cm; 4 11/32 in x 5 5/16 in x 5 5/16 in