Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Compound of Cube and Octahedron, Tetrakaidekahedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Compound of Cube and Octahedron, Tetrakaidekahedron
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- Description
- This cut and folded tan paper model represents the union of a cube and a regular octahedron. The six faces of the cube and portions of the eight faces of the octahdeon can be seen as forming a fourteen-faced polyhedron. A mark on the model reads: Intersecting Cube (/) and Octahedron (/) Tetrakaidekahedron (/) July 27, '32. A typed paper tag reads: RS 17. Another mark reads: 9 /23 (/) RS17.
- For related but not identical models, see 1979.0102.053 and 1979.0102.171.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- Other Terms
- Geometric Model; Compound Cube and Octahedron
- date made
- 1932
- 1932 07 27
- associated dates
- 1932 07 27 / 1932 07 27
- unspecified
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- maker
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- associated place
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- tan (overall color)
- cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 7 cm x 7 cm x 7 cm; 2 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in
- ID Number
- MA.304723.069
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.069
- 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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