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

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
The four pieces of this hinged dissection may be arranged as a square or as a rectangle. The plastic is so colored that there is an inscribed parallelogram.
This is Wheeler's model 4SF. A drawing for this model, dated April 26, 1932, is in 1979.3002.43, folder 1. It has the initials AHW.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
ca 1932
ID Number
MA.304723.780
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.780
Object Name
geometric model
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
brown (overall color)
white (overall color)
green (overall color)
cut, glued and hinged (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 1.4 cm x 19 cm x 12.5 cm; 9/16 in x 7 15/32 in x 4 29/32 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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Plane Dissections
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Record ID
nmah_1075122
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-3127-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Hinged Plane Dissection, Appears to be four triangles and two quadrilaterals, physically two triangles and two pentagons, which can be arranged as a square and a rectangle.
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