Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Icosahedron Derived from Intersecting Tetrahedra
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Icosahedron Derived from Intersecting Tetrahedra
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- Description
- This twenty-pointed hollow model has an underlying celluloid frame that holds twenty paper six-sided polyhedra. Each of these polyhedra has a triangular pyramid that points outward and a shallower triangular pyramid pointing inward held by the framework. The model also has twelve holes in the shape of regular pentagons. A typed paper tag reads: 423 (/) Ic. A pencil mark reads: Sept 6-1932 (/) No 423. Another pencil mark reads: No. 3 5 6' 9 10. In his list of models, Wheeler called this model an Icosahedron.
- Compare 304723.244, 304723.246, and 304723.235.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- Other Terms
- Geometric Model; Icosahedron Derived from Intersecting Tetrahedra
- date made
- 1932 09 06
- associated dates
- 1932 09 06 / 1932 09 06
- 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)
- plastic (overall material)
- tan (overall color)
- green (overall color)
- cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 9.5 cm x 10.7 cm x 10.7 cm; 3 3/4 in x 4 7/32 in x 4 7/32 in
- ID Number
- MA.304723.235
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.235
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
- subject
- Mathematics
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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