Object Details
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- Description
- These paper materials have drawings and patterns for models constructed by A. Harry Wheeler and his students. Included here are:
- 1. two sheets with drawings labeled: 146. One (which has two drawings) is also marked: Robert L. Curtis (/) August 1, 1938. On the back of these sheets are two drawings, one labeled: RICHARD HOLL 3-3.
- 2. sheet of drawings entitled (faintly): Regular Tetrahedron. . . . There also is a faint date: April 22, 1932.
- 3. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads; Rhombic Dodecahedron Convertible (/) into a Pentagonal Dodecahedron. Another mark reads: Feb 28, 1939 (/) Pyralin Model (/) made March 9, 1939.
- 4. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads; Cube dissected into a (/) Cuboctahedron. Another moark reads: Feb21-1939.
- 5. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Pair-a-Dice (/) New Standard Size (/) Allow for thickness (/) of Pyralin. Another mark reads: Model made April 9, 1939 (/) March 1 - 1939.
- 6. sheet with drawing for a geometric model, with pattern piece.. A mark reads: Rhombic Dodecahedra (/) II Species (/) (Space Fillers) (/) (Six Colors). Another mark reads: April 16, 1939 (/) Pyralin model (/) made April 16, 1939.
- 7. seven sheets with drawings for a geometric model. A mark on the first sheet reads: Cube Dissected into Two Congruent Cubes (/) Sheet 1. Another mark on the first sheet reads: March 13, 1939 (/) Pyralin modle (/) made. Other sheets are marked: Sheet 2, etc.
- 8. sheet with a drawing for a geometric model and a pattern piece. A mark on the sheet reads: Cube into a Regular Octahedron (/) and Conversely. Another mark reads: March 26, 1939. A celluloid pattern piece is clipped to the sheet
- 9. sheet with a drawing for a geometric model. A mark reads: No. 1. Another mark reads: March 10, 1939 (/) Pyralin Model (/) Made March 18m 1939.
- 10. sheet with drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Regular Octahedron into a (/) Cube. Another mark reads: March 10, 1939.
- 11. sheet with drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Cube with Four Rhombic (/) Octahedra. Another mark reads: March 18, 1939.. On same page is a drawing labeled: Triangles for the (/) Foundation Stella Octungula.
- 12.four sheets of drawings from a geometric model. The first one is marked: Cube ABCD Separated into (/) Eight Cubes (/) Part of Cube - Rhombic Dodecahedron II Species (/) - Rhombic Dodechahedron I Species (/) - Two Cubes. Another mark on this page reads: Pyralin Model (/) made April 7, 1939.
- 13. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Rhombic Dodecahedron into a (/) Right Prism (/) (Double Cube). Another mark reads: April 29, 1939.
- 14, sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Oblique Parallelopiped Transformable into (/) a Right Prism. Another mark reads: April 26, 1939.
- 15. two sheets of drawings relating to a geometric model. A mark reads: Two Cubes Dissected fo form (/) a Rhombic Dodecahedron. Another mark reads: April
- 16. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: No. 1. Another mark reads: Cube with Four Removable (/) Octahedra. Another mark reads: March 12, 1938.
- 17. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Cube Dissected into a Cuboctahedron (/) and an Octahedron. Another mark reads: May 14, 1939. Another mark reads: Pyralin Model (/) made May 16, 1939
- 18. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Octahedron Dissected (/) into a Tetrakaidekahedron. Another mark reads: Feb 21-1939 (/) Pyralin Model (/) made Feb 22, 1939.
- 19. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Regular Tetrahedron (/) Dissected into (/) Four Regular Octahedra and (/) Eleven Regular Tetrahedra. Another mark reads: Feb 28,1939 (/) Pyralin model (/) made Feb 27, 1939
- 20. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Regular Octahderon (/) Dissected showing (/) Hexagonal Sections. Another mark reads: Feb 21, 1939 (/) Pyralin (/) Model made.
- 21. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Rhombic Dodecahedron (/0 Dissected (/) White and Blue. Another mark reads: Feb 25, 1939 (/) Model made (/) Feb 28. 1939 (/) New Standard Size.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louise D. Campbell
- 1932-1939
- ID Number
- 1979.3002.042
- nonaccession number
- 1979.3002
- catalog number
- 1979.3002.042
- Object Name
- Sheets, Group of
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- tan (overall color)
- green (overall color)
- Measurements
- average spatial: .5 cm x 24 cm x 32 cm; 3/16 in x 9 7/16 in x 12 19/32 in
- associated place
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Dissected Polyhedra
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_1146318
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-96cf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
