Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Portion of a Plane Dissection
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Portion of a Plane Dissection
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- Description
- This portion of a dissection has a quadrilateral base. A portion of a circle is covered with light purple plastic, the remaining area is covered in black plastic.
- This appears to be one piece of Wheeler's model 4QB, Circumscribed Quadrilateral (but not Inscriptible) Transformable into an Inscribed Quadrilateral (but not Circumscriptible) - a drawing for this model is in 1979.3002.43, folder 1. However, the piece does not seem to correspond precisely to the drawing. The drawing is dated April 10, 1932.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- geometric model
- date made
- ca 1932
- ca 1932 04 10
- unspecified
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- maker
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- associated place
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- purple (overall color)
- brown (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- cut and glued. (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 1 cm x 19.8 cm x 14 cm; 13/32 in x 7 25/32 in x 5 1/2 in
- ID Number
- MA.304723.757
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.757
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
- subject
- Mathematics
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Plane Dissections
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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