Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Intersecting Polar Spherical Triangles
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Intersecting Polar Spherical Triangles
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- Description
- This flexible paper model consists of two intersecting spherical triangles. Various letters are written on the faces. A pencil mark on the object reads: August-20-1916. A tag attached to the model reads: 302.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- date made
- 1916 08 30
- 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: 5 cm x 9.5 cm x 9.5 cm; 1 31/32 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in
- ID Number
- MA.304723.177
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.177
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
- subject
- Mathematics
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Trigonometry
- Spherical Trigonometry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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