Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Cube (Portion of a Dissected Polyhedron)

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
This is a tan folded paper model of a cube that fills in Wheeler's model 766. A mark on the object reads: April 1931 (/) Filler for Cube (/) Convertible into a (/) Pentagonal Dodecahedron (/) 766 Filler.
See MA.304723.312.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
1931 04
ID Number
MA.304723.298
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.298
Object Name
Geometric Model
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
tan (overall color)
cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 7.6 cm x 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm; 3 in x 2 15/16 in x 2 15/16 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Dissected Polyhedra
Science & Mathematics
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Record ID
nmah_1067509
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-0eaa-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Dissected Polyhedron by A. H. Wheeler - Cube - Filler for Larger Model of a Dissected Cube
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