Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Union of Four Cubes
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Union of Four Cubes
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- Description
- Massachusetts high school teacher and model maker A. Harry Wheeler built several geometric models that represented the union of intersecting cubes. He described this model as “four cubes wrapped about a regular octahedron.” The plastic pieces of the model are cut and glued to represent sections of red, yellow, black, and blue cubes.
- The model has no maker’s mark, but is numbered “94.” This corresponds to an entry in Wheeler’s handwritten catalog of his models. He also numbered the model H18, as it was based on a six-sided figure or hexahedron.
- Compare model MA.304723.117, which is the same surface, folded from paper.
- Reference:
- A. H. Wheeler, Catalog of Models, A. H. Wheeler Papers, Mathematics Collections, National Museum of American History.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- geometric model
- Other Terms
- geometric model; Cubes, Union of 4
- date made
- ca 1935
- maker
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- red (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 12 cm x 16 cm x 16 cm; 4 23/32 in x 6 5/16 in x 6 5/16 in
- ID Number
- MA.304723.120
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.120
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
- subject
- Mathematics
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Mathematical Association of America Objects
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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