Geometric Model by Knowlton Rice, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Pentagonal Dodecahedron
Geometric Model by Knowlton Rice, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Pentagonal Dodecahedron
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- Description
- The faces of this cut and folded tan paper model are six irregular quadrilaterals (arranged around the middle) and twelve isosceles triangles (six at each end). Each of the triangles appears to be in the same plane as another one. A mark on the model reads: Pentagonal (/) Dodecahedron (/) August 11, 1935 (/) KNOWLTON RICE.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- date made
- 1935 08 11
- maker
- Rice, Knowlton
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- tan (overall color)
- cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 5 cm x 9.5 cm x 5.8 cm; 1 31/32 in x 3 3/4 in x 2 9/32 in
- ID Number
- MA.304723.019
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.019
- 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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