Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Wedge Icosahedron Cut by Planes of a Regular Icosahedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Wedge Icosahedron Cut by Planes of a Regular Icosahedron
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- Description
- This cut and folded tan paper model has sixty quadrilateral faces and sixty triangular faces. Wheeler listed it as a "Wedge Icosahedron cut by planes of a Regular Icosahedron." He classified it among the icosahedra. What Wheeler called a wedge icosahedron is also known as the third stellation of the icosahedron. A mark on the model reads: May 2 1919 (/) No. 378. Another mark reads: 378.
- Compare to the compound of ten tetrahedra shown in Wenninger. It does not seem to be identical.
- References:
- A. H. Wheeler, "List of Models," Mathematics Collections, Non-accession number 1979.3002.83, NMAH.
- Magnus J. Wenninger, Polyhedron Models, Cambridge: The University Press, 1971, p. 45.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- Other Terms
- Geometric Model; Icosahedron, Stellated
- date made
- 1919 05 02
- 1919
- associated dates
- 1919 05 02 / 1919 05 02
- 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 folded (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 18.5 cm x 19.5 cm x 15 cm; 7 9/32 in x 7 11/16 in x 5 29/32 in
- ID Number
- MA.304723.198
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.198
- 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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