Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Rhombicuboctahedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Rhombicuboctahedron
- Description
- The faces of this cut and taped brown paper model are eight equilateral triangles and eighteen squares. It is an Archimedean solid. A mark in pencil reads: VII. Wheeler considered it to be VII among the Archimedean solids and 12 in his general numbering scheme.
- Reference:
- Magnus J. Wenninger, Polyhedron Models, Cambridge: The University Press, 1971, p. 27.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- Other Terms
- Geometric Model; Rhombicuboctahedron
- maker
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7.3 cm x 7.3 cm x 7.3 cm; 2 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in
- ID Number
- 1979.0102.295
- accession number
- 1979.0102
- catalog number
- 1979.0102.295
- 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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