Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Isoceles Triangle Transformable into Rectangle, Plane Dissection

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
The three pieces of this hinged dissection may be arranged as a rectangle or as an isoceles triangle.
Sheets entitled Regular Hexagons in 1979.3002.43, folder 2 discuss this model, where it is shown in a list of dissected rectangles. Wheeler apparently denoted it by 3O or 3Alpha. There is a drawing in 1979.3002.43, folder 1, dated January 29, 1932 and labeled 3alpha.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
ca 1932
ID Number
MA.304723.781
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.781
Object Name
geometric model
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
purple (overall color)
hinged (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 1.3 cm x 17.5 cm x 11 cm; 1/2 in x 6 7/8 in x 4 11/32 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Science & Mathematics
Plane Dissections
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Record ID
nmah_1074395
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-2820-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Hinged Plane Dissection, One triangle and two quadrilaterals which can be arranged as a rectangle or a triangle.
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