Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Sphere with Small Circles in Parallel Planes
Object Details
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- Description
- This tan paper cut and folded model is a collapsible representation of the sphere. It consists ot welve half-discs that pass through a central diameter, cut by as seven perpendicular rings similar to latitude circles. A tag on the model reads: 575.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
- 1915 12 18
- ID Number
- MA.304723.620
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.620
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- tan (overall color)
- cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 5.2 cm x 5.4 cm x 5.4 cm; 2 1/16 in x 2 1/8 in x 2 1/8 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_1072984
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-17cd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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