Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Tetrahedral Pentagonal Dodecahedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Tetrahedral Pentagonal Dodecahedron
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- Description
- This colorful plastic model has twelve irregular pentagons as faces. Wheeler called it a "Tetrahedral Pentagonal Dodecahedron." It is marked: 187.
- Compare MA.304723.148, which has the same Wheeler number, and MA.304723.150, which is not identical but is also plastic and similar.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- Other Terms
- Geometric Model; Dodecahedron, Irregular; Tetrahedral Pentagonal Dodecahedron
- date made
- ca 1936
- unspecified
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- maker
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- associated place
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- red (overall color)
- green (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- brown (overall color)
- cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 7 cm x 7.5 cm x 7 cm; 2 3/4 in x 2 15/16 in x 2 3/4 in
- ID Number
- MA.304723.150
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.150
- 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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