Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler or a Student, Regular Icosahedron

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Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Regular Icosahedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Regular Icosahedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Regular Icosahedron
Description:

This cut, folded and glued cardboard model has twenty equilateral triangles for faces. A mark on the box from which it is made reads: Providence, Rhode Island, Arnold St.

Date Made: 1918

Maker: Wheeler, Albert Harry

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, WorcesterUnited States: Rhode Island, Providence

Subject: Mathematics

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics

Exhibition:

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Credit Line: Gift of Louise D. Campbell

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1979.0102.298Accession Number: 1979.0102Catalog Number: 1979.0102.298

Object Name: Geometric Model

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 13.5 cm x 13.5 cm x 15 cm; 5 5/16 in x 5 5/16 in x 5 29/32 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-60c7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_905018

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