Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Tesseract, Dissected Polyhedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Tesseract, Dissected Polyhedron
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- Description
- This model of a dissected polyhedron is made from paper and stored in a folded paper box. The dissection is made up of six hinged folded polyhedra that surround a central cube. Rearranged, the hinged pieces form a truncated octahedron. Wheeler called this a model of a soap-film cube or Tesseract. He gave it model number 785.
- A mark on the object reads: Container for (/) "Soap Film" cube. Another mark reads: April 193. A third mark reads: 785.
- Compare MA.304723.319 and MA.304723.329.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- date made
- 1931 04
- 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: 8 cm x 8 cm x 8 cm; 3 5/32 in x 3 5/32 in x 3 5/32 in
- ID Number
- MA.304723.319
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.319
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
- subject
- Mathematics
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Dissected Polyhedra
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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