Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Irregular Octahedron (Portion of a Dissected Regular Dodecahedron)
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Irregular Octahedron (Portion of a Dissected Regular Dodecahedron)
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- Description
- This green, red, black and blue plastic model of an irregular octahedron is part of Wheeler's model 771, what he described as a "rhombic dodecahedron transformed inoto a regular pentagonal dodecahedron and an eight-pointed star dodecahedron." Six models like this one may be arranged to form a regular pentagonal dodecahedron. Such pieces are 1979.0102.317, 1979.0102.318, 1979.0102.336, 1979.0102.337, 1979.0102.338, and 1979.0102.339. The eight-pointed dodecahedron is 1979.0102.340.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- maker
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5.5 cm x 6.2 cm x 6.2 cm; 2 5/32 in x 2 7/16 in x 2 7/16 in
- ID Number
- 1979.0102.317
- accession number
- 1979.0102
- catalog number
- 1979.0102.317
- 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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