Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Polyhedra Inscribed in Regular Octahedron

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Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Four Cubes in Regular Octahedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Four Cubes in Regular Octahedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Four Cubes in Regular Octahedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Four Cubes in Regular Octahedron
Description:

This model has a transparent plastic regular octahedron, with faces clipped together at the vertices, on the outside. Each of the eight faces has (or once had) six holes that contained beads. Threads passing through the beads form (or once formed) the outline of cubes inscribed in the octahedron - one red, one gold, one black, one green, one brown, and one turquoise. The model has no maker's mark.

For related models, see drawings in 1979.3002.046

Date Made: 1930-12-31

Maker: Wheeler, Albert Harry

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester

Subject: Mathematics

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics, Science & Mathematics

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Credit Line: Gift of Helen M. Wheeler

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MA.304723.740Accession Number: 304723Catalog Number: 304723.740

Object Name: Geometric Model

Physical Description: plastic (overall material)thread (overall material)green (overall color)red (overall color)yellow (overall color)turquoise (overall color)green (overall color)yellow (overall color)red (overall color)turquoise (overall color)cut, folded and sewn (overall production method/technique)cut, folded and sewn (overall production method/technique)Measurements: average spatial: 7.2 cm x 5.3 cm x 5.3 cm; 2 27/32 in x 2 3/32 in x 2 3/32 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-18bd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1073813

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