Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Two Skew Lines and Their Common Perpendicular
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Two Skew Lines and Their Common Perpendicular
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- Description
- To show relationships among planes and angles, A. H. Wheeler designed a series of what he called platform models.This is similar to one of them.
- Two skew rods are glued to a rectangular wooden base. A second wooden rectangle is glued perpendicular the other one, on the other side of the rods - it represents the common perpendicular. A paper tag on the model reads: 234.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- Other Terms
- Geometric Model; Two Skew Lines and Their Common Perpendicular
- unspecified
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- maker
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- associated place
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- Physical Description
- wood, balsa (overall material)
- black (overall color)
- cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 3 cm x 10.1 cm x 4.1 cm; 1 3/16 in x 3 31/32 in x 1 5/8 in
- ID Number
- MA.304723.588
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.588
- 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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