Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Stellated Icosahedron

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Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Stellation of the Icosahedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Stellation of the Icosahedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Stellation of the Icosahedron
Description:

This cut and folded tan paper model has twelve symmetrically arranged indentations, each made up of five irregular quadrilaterals.facing inward. It also has twenty three-pointed, six-sided stars. A tag on the model reads: 398. Another mark reads:April-18 (/) 1919

Wheeler classified the one hundred twenty-faced model among his icosahedra.

Reference:

A. H. Wheeler, "List of Models," Mathematics Collections, Non-accession number 1979.3002.83, NMAH.

Date Made: 1919 04 18

Maker: Wheeler, Albert Harry

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester

Subject: Mathematics

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics, Science & Mathematics

Exhibition:

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Credit Line: Gift of Helen M. Wheeler

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MA.304723.230Accession Number: 304723Catalog Number: 304723.230

Object Name: Geometric Model

Physical Description: paper (overall material)tan (overall color)cut and folded (overall production method/technique)Measurements: average spatial: 14.5 cm x 19.5 cm x 18 cm; 5 23/32 in x 7 11/16 in x 7 3/32 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-33d6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1066735

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