Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Square Transformable into Three Squares, Plane Dissection
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This hinged dissection has five pieces that may be arranged to form one large square or two attached smaller squares of differing size. The pieces are made of plastic glued to wooden bases.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.304723.770 (this is not hinged) and MA.304723.775 (this is not hinged).
label: Description
content: This is a model for the Pythagorean Theorem.The mark suggests that it has Wheeler's model number 4PTD (see 1979.3002.43, folder 2). However, it has five pieces, not 4, and appears to be his model 5PTC.
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
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content: Plane Dissections
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.304723.769
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.769
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
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content: black (overall color)
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content: yellow (overall color)
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content: blue (overall color)
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content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: hinged (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 2.5 cm x 16 cm x 16 cm; 31/32 in x 6 5/16 in x 6 5/16 in