Geometric Model by E M.. Summerscales, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Regular Dodecahedron

Geometric Model by E M.. Summerscales, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Regular Dodecahedron

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This tan paper model has twelve regular pentagons for faces. A mark in pencil reads: E. Summerscale (/) Regular (/) Dodecahedron. Model 1979.0102.234 and model 1979.0102.221 are marked in the same handwriting and undated. Model 1979.0102.234 is signed: E. Summerscales. Model 1979.0102.221 is signed Summerscale.A third model (MA.304723.217) has the signature E. M. Summers and a date of 1925. A fourth model (MA.304723.515) is signed E. Summerscales.
According to the Brown University Archives, there was no graduate of Brown University or Pembroke College with the last name of Summers until 1935 and his first name was Robert. Hence it seems likely that all four models were made by Edith May Summerscales (1903-1976), who graduated from Pembroke College in 1925. She was from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and spent her lifeas a mathematics teacher in a junior high school there.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
Geometric Model
date made
ca 1925
maker
Summerscales, Edith May
place made
United States: Rhode Island, Providence
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 6 cm x 6 cm x 6 cm; 2 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in
ID Number
1979.0102.221
accession number
1979.0102
catalog number
1979.0102.221
Credit Line
Gift of Louise D. Campbell
subject
Mathematics
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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