Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Hexahedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Hexahedron
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- Description
- A sticker on one side of this six-sided tan paper model reads: 77. A second mark reads: Hexahedron I (/) Double Pyramid Type (/) (f)Faces 6, Faces 3,3,3,3,3,3 (/) (e) Vertices 5, No. 77 (/) (k) Edges 9 (/) e - k + F + 2 (/) A. Harry Wheeler (/) August 22, 1934.
- This is one of a series of models of irregular hexagons that Wheeler made on August 22, 1934.
- Compare 1979.0102.012, 1979.0102.014, 1979.0102.018, 1979.0102.020, 1979.0102.022, 1979.0102.025, and 1979.0102.026.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- date made
- 1934 08 22
- Maker
- A. Harry Wheeler
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 cm x 7.8 cm x 8 cm; 3 5/32 in x 3 1/16 in x 3 5/32 in
- ID Number
- 1979.0102.012
- accession number
- 1979.0102
- catalog number
- 1979.0102.012
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louise D. Campbell
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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