Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Pentagonal Dodecahedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Pentagonal Dodecahedron
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- Description
- This twelve-faced model has equal irregular pentagons as faces (one side of each pentagon is shortened). A mark on the model reads: 3-24-34. Another mark reads: No. 325..
- Compare MA.304723.147, MA.304723.164, MA.304723.185, and MA.304723.189.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- Other Terms
- Geometric Model; Pentagonal Dodecahedron
- date made
- 1934
- 1934 03 24
- associated dates
- 1934 03 24 / 1934 03 24
- 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 glued (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 5.5 cm x 5.8 cm x 6.8 cm; 2 5/32 in x 2 9/32 in x 2 11/16 in
- ID Number
- MA.304723.164
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.164
- 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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