Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Collapsible Ellipsoid
Object Details
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- Description
- In this tan cut and folded paper model, two perpendicular ellipses are cut by six circular rings to form an ellipsoid. A paper tag on the model reads: 579. A mark reads: Jan 9 1916.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
- 1916 01 09
- ID Number
- MA.304723.347
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.347
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- tan (overall color)
- cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 4 cm x 15.7 cm x 4 cm; 1 9/16 in x 6 3/16 in x 1 9/16 in
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_1068995
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-0a31-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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