Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Cuboctahedron (Part of a Dissected Polyhedron)
date: label: date made
content: 1930 04 19
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This paper model is of a dissected cuboctahedron. The pieces are eight triangular pyramids (tan) and six square pyramids with sides painted red and tan bases. A paper framework in the center of the model holds the pieces in place. They can be rearranged to a cube intersecting a regular octahedron (with a hollow interior) Stored in folded paper box. Model MA.304723.302 serves as the filler for MA*304723.299. Hence the two models together can be considered as a transformation of two cubocatahedra into a cube intersecting a regular octahedron. A mark on the object reads: April-19-1930 (/) Cuboctahedron (/) 779.
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.304723.299
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.299
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: pink (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut, folded & glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 8.3 cm x 8.2 cm x 8.4 cm; 3 9/32 in x 3 7/32 in x 3 5/16 in