Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Tetrakaidekahedron Third Species
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Tetrakaidekahedron Third Species
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- Description
- This cut and folded tan paper model has the general appearance of a cube with a cross-shapped structure on each of its faces. Looking at it more carefully, one finds that each square face of the cube is augmented by four small rectangles in the same plane, one at each vertex. One faceted equilateral triangle interesects each of the eight vertices of the cube. Hence, as the model has fourteen faces, Wheeler considered it a form of tetrakaidekahedron.
- A mark on the model reads: TETRAKAIDEKAHEDRON (/) THIRD SPECIES (/) JULY-12-1932. Another mark reads: RS 19. Another mark reads: 9 (/) 25.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- date made
- 1932 07 12
- 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: 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm; 2 15/16 in x 2 15/16 in x 2 15/16 in
- ID Number
- MA.304723.071
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.071
- 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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