Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Truncated Dodecahedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Truncated Dodecahedron
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- Description
- The faces of this cut and taped brown paper model are twenty small equilateral triangles and twelve regular decagons. A mark in ink reads: III. This was Wheeler’s model 8 and model III of his Archimedean solids.
- Reference:
- Magnus J. Wenninger, Polyhedron Models, Cambridge: The University Press, 1971, p. 24.
- 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: 9 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm; 3 17/32 in x 3 17/32 in x 3 17/32 in
- ID Number
- 1979.0102.294
- accession number
- 1979.0102
- catalog number
- 1979.0102.294
- 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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