Geometric Model of A. Harry Wheeler, Irregular Hexahedron
Geometric Model of A. Harry Wheeler, Irregular Hexahedron
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- Description
- This tan cut and folded paper model has six irregular quadrilaterals as faces. The top had once been glued down but is now loose. A mark in pencil reads: 2.
- Models MA.304723.015 and MA.304723.541 fit together to form a rectangular parallelopiped. So do models MA.304723.033 and MA.304723.523.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- maker
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- tan (overall color)
- cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 5 cm x 6.5 cm x 6.5 cm; 1 31/32 in x 2 9/16 in x 2 9/16 in
- ID Number
- MA.304723.015
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.015
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
- subject
- Mathematics
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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