Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Eight Octahedra Inscriptible in an Octahedron or in a Cube
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Eight Octahedra Inscriptible in an Octahedron or in a Cube
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- Description
- This tan cut and folded paper model reprewsents the intersection of eight regular octahedra. It can be inscribed in either a cube and a regular octahedron. A tag on the model reads: 150. Another mark reads: Eight octahedra (/) Inscriptible in an (/) Octahedron (/) or in (/) a cube July 23, 1931 (/) No. (/) 150.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- Other Terms
- Geometric Model; Eight Octahedra Inscriptible in an Octahedron or in a Cube
- date made
- 1931 07 23
- associated dates
- 1931 07 23 / 1931 07 23
- 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: 13 cm x 13 cm x 11 cm; 5 1/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 4 11/32 in
- ID Number
- MA.304723.573
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.573
- 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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