Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Portion of an Irregular Polyhedron
date: label: date made
content: 1934 09 23
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: In this cut, glued and folded paper model A. H. Wheeler explored fitting together polygons. At the center is a ring of five congruent irregular quadrilaterals, each labeled “7”. These meet at a central point. Each quadrilateral has two equal long edges (these meet to form the ring) as well as two short edges. Outside the ring of quadrilaterals is a ring of ten triangles. Five of these are large, and each is divided into three triangular sections marked 5, 9, and 12. The large triangles alternate with five small, thin triangles marked 10’. Each central quadrilateral has small triangles attached to its two short sides. One of these triangles is glued to and coplanar with a “9” triangle in a large triangle. The other small triangle has edges that meet a 5 triangle in one large triangle as well as a 10’ triangle, to form a facet.
label: Description
content: Outside the ring of triangles, there are five additional subdivided triangles with triangular parts labeled 5, 9, and 12, abutting a small triangle labeled 10’. A mark on the model reads: 5 6 7 9 10’12 (/) Sept 28, 1934.
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.304723.696
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.696
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 glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 2.6 cm x 11.2 cm x 11.3 cm; 1 1/32 in x 4 13/32 in x 4 7/16 in