Geometric Model by Mason, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Cuboctahedron
date: label: Date made
content: 1918
label: date made
content: 1918 03 03
name: label: Maker
content: Mason
notes: label: Description
content: The faces of this Archimedean solid are eight congruent equilateral triangles and six congruent squares. A mark on the tan paper model reads: P2. Another mark reads: Mason-3-3-18. A third mark reads: VIII (/) [. . .] (/) fig 24 (/) 14F. This was Wheeler’s model number 13 and model VIII of his Archimedean solids. This example was made by one of his students.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Magnus J. Wenninger, <I>Polyhedron Models</I>, Cambridge: The University Press, 1971, p. 25.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louise D. Campbell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0102.231
label: accession number
content: 1979.0102
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0102.231
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.5 cm x 8.4 cm x 6.5 cm; 2 9/16 in x 3 5/16 in x 2 9/16 in