Sheets Relating to the Work of A. Harry Wheeler

Description:

Objects 1979.3002.44-1979.3002.48 were all removed from the same package.

These drawings and notes relate to the following models made and topics discussed by A. Harry Wheeler:

1. tetrahedron inscribed octahedron - 1930

2. group of four congruent tetrahedra inscriptible in a regular tetrahedron - 1938

3. five intersecting tetrahedra

4. several sheets relating to eight octahedra insciptible in an octahedron or in a cube - 1931 - includes patterns

5. sheets relating to tetrahedron inscribed in tetrahedron - labeled "Final Copy."

6. sheets relating to "Ponsots Polyhedra" - relate to spherical geometry - no date

7. set of sheets labeled: Outline (/) Charlottesville Va. - relates to inscribed polyhedra

8. several platform models - no dates or numbers

9. notes on cube in octahedron

10. sheet with drawing for model of six cubes inscribed in an octahedron (celluloid-thread model) - Decenber 1939

11. tetrahedra and trihedral angles (no drawings or patterns)

12, rational tetrahedron with minimal edge sum - August 23 - 1934

13, equifocal tetrahedron - August 23, 1934 - plastic model December 30, 1939

14. tetrahedron - December 30, 1939

15. Rational Isoceles Tetrahedron - August 25-1934

16. trihedral angles - with pattern pieces, reference to de la Gournerie