Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Truncated Octahedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Truncated Octahedron
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- Description
- Cutting off the vertices of a regular polyhedron creates another polyhedron which may also have faces that are regular polygons. If one cuts off the vertices of a regular octahedron, one can produce this truncated octahedron, which has six faces that are squares and eight that are regular hexagons. The solid angles of the figure are equal, and it is called a semi-regular solid. The ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes enumerated the eighteen regular and semi-regular solids, and they are known as Archimedean solids in his honor.
- This tan paper model of a truncated octahedron has a tag that reads: 9. It also is marked: Archimedean Solid IV (/) 14 Faces (/) 6(4) + 8(6). Wheeler assigned it the general number 9 and it was number IV of his Archimedean solids.
- Reference:
- Magnus J. Wenninger, Polyhedron Models, Cambridge: The University Press, 1971, p. 21.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- 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 glued (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 9 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm; 3 9/16 in x 3 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in
- ID Number
- MA.304723.454
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.454
- 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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