Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Union of Six Cubes Inscriptible in a Cube or in an Octahedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Union of Six Cubes Inscriptible in a Cube or in an Octahedron
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- Description
- This white paper model represents six intersecting cubes that can be inscribed either in a cube or in an octahedron. A tag on the model reads; 120 (/) 6H.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- maker
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm; 3 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in
- ID Number
- 1979.0102.056
- accession number
- 1979.0102
- catalog number
- 1979.0102.056
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louise D. Campbell
- subject
- Mathematics
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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