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

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
This hinged dissection has four pieces that may be arranged as a rectangle or a triangle.
This is model 4P among the triangles in Wheeler's list of decompositions of polygons. A drawing dated January 9, 1932 , is in 1979.3002.55, folder 2.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
ca 1932
ID Number
MA.304723.782
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.782
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: 1.5 cm x 15.2 cm x 10.8 cm; 19/32 in x 5 31/32 in x 4 1/4 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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Plane Dissections
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Record ID
nmah_1074397
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-196c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Hinged Plane Dissection, Two triangles, one quadrilateral, and one pentagon, which can be arranged as a rectangle or a triangle.
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