Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Collapsible Spherical Polar Triangle

Description:

This cut and folded tan paper model ishows a spherical triangle inside a circle of the sphere.

Maker: Wheeler, Albert Harry

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester

Subject: Mathematics

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics, Trigonometry, Science & Mathematics, Spherical Trigonometry

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Credit Line: Gift of Helen M. Wheeler

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MA.304723.597Accession Number: 304723Catalog Number: 304723.597

Object Name: Geometric Model

Physical Description: paper (overall material)tan (overall color)cut and folded (overall production method/technique)Measurements: average spatial: 4.5 cm x 11 cm x 8.5 cm; 1 25/32 in x 4 11/32 in x 3 11/32 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-1e45-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1072825

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